Two Trains Running
de Vachss, Andrew
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1400079381
- ISBN 13
- 9781400079384
- Librería
-
Tokyo, Japan
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Sobre este artículo
US: Knopf Doubleday Publishing G., 2006. Paperback. Very Good. In his most original and compelling book yet, Andrew Vachss presents an ele ctrifying tale of corruption in a devastated mill town. It is 1959-a moment in history when the clandestine, powerful forces that will shape America t o the present day are about to collide.Walker Dett is a hired gun, known fo r using the most extreme measures to accomplish his missions. Royal Beaumon t is the "hillbilly boss" who turned Locke City from a dying town into a th riving vice capital. But organized crime outsiders are moving in on Beaumon t's turf, so he reaches out for Dett in a high-risk move to maintain his po wer at all costs. Add a rival Irish political machine, a deeply entrenched neo-Nazi "party", the nascent black power movement, turf-disputing juvenile gangs, a muck-raking journalist who doubles as a blackmailer, the FBI-a co vert observer and occasional participant which may itself be under surveill ance- and Locke City is about as stable as a nitroglycerin truck stalled on the railroad tracks. Editorial Reviews "Gripping. . . . It begins in the clipped, tough-guy manner of Dashiell Hammett . . . but by the end it enters a strange . . . twilight zone all its own." -The Wall Street Journal"Ambitious, expansive. . . . Walker Dett [is] a superb creation." -Entertainment Weekly"A sprawling epic. . . . A raw portrait of a volatile era." -Philadelphia City Paper"If you're craving a midsummer mystery . . . Andrew Vachss has something special for you-a dark, violent and even weird tale. . . . The plot . . . zips ahead with the speed of one of those dangerously overpowered late-1950s Oldsmobile 88s. . . . The bits and pieces cut back and fort.
Sinopsis
Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many novels include the Burke series and two collections of short stories. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, The New York Times, among other publications. He divides his time between his native New York City and the Pacific Northwest.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- RWARE0000065414
- Título
- Two Trains Running
- Autor
- Vachss, Andrew
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1400079381
- ISBN 13
- 9781400079384
- Editorial
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing G.
- Lugar de publicación
- US
- Fecha de publicación
- 2006
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Infinity Books Japan
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Tokyo
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