Look: I don't trust any hard-boiled anti-hero that doesn't smoke. It's a small thing. But it's everything. Beyond whatever old-fangled notions of coolness a lit cigarette suggests, it above all ...
Cleveland is busy building its brand to draw residents downtown. Cleveland State University's ability to attract students is key to the city's growth, with Rob Spademan standing at the forefront of ...
"I kill men. I kill women because I don't discriminate." Spademan, an ex-garbage-man-turned-hit-man, is clear about his purpose in Adam Sternbergh's first novel, Shovel Ready. Spademan lives in a ...
The dirty bomb that turned New York City into a wasteland in 2013’s Shovel Ready continues to have reverberations in this solid sequel. To escape the grittiness of reality, many of the wealthy lose ...
Read an Annotated Excerpt From Adam Sternbergh’s Near EnemyThe New York editor’s new novel is out now.
Rarely seen in public, this elusive auteur is the mastermind behind the "Pie" film series. All that is known about the serpentine Spademan is his fondness for weaponry and hatred of Finding Nemo.