Small Town: A Novel - Couverture souple

Block, Lawrence

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060011912 ISBN 13 : 9780060011918

Editeur : HarperTorch, 2003

Synopsis

In the shadows of unbearable tragedy, an unlikelykilling machine begins a one-man war tobring a city to its knees -- a battle that will touchthe lives of its eight million citizens including:

• a writer on the verge of a breakthrough
  
  
• a charismatic ex-police commissioner -- and the inside choice for the next mayor -- on the edge of a breakdown
  
  
• a beautiful, sophisticated art dealerplumbing the depths of her own fiercesexuality
  
  
• a defense attorney who prefers murdertrials because there’s one less witness
  
  
• an ex-addict who has turned being cleaninto a living, mopping up after New York’snightlife

Pulsating with the lives of its denizens -- bartenders and hookers, power brokers andpoliticos, cops and secretaries, editors anddreamers -- Lawrence Block's electrifying newnovel reveals the small town at the heart of theBig Apple in all its power, terror, and starkbeauty.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lawrence Block is one of the most widely recognized names in the mystery genre. He has been named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and is a four-time winner of the prestigious Edgar and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. He received the Diamond Dagger from the British Crime Writers' Association—only the third American to be given this award. He is a prolific author, having written more than fifty books and numerous short stories, and is a devoted New Yorker and an enthusiastic global traveler.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In the shadows of unbearable tragedy, an unlikelykilling machine begins a one-man war tobring a city to its knees -- a battle that will touchthe lives of its eight million citizens including:

• a writer on the verge of a breakthrough
  
  
• a charismatic ex-police commissioner -- and the inside choice for the next mayor -- on the edge of a breakdown
  
  
• a beautiful, sophisticated art dealerplumbing the depths of her own fiercesexuality
  
  
• a defense attorney who prefers murdertrials because there’s one less witness
  
  
• an ex-addict who has turned being cleaninto a living, mopping up after New York’snightlife

Pulsating with the lives of its denizens -- bartenders and hookers, power brokers andpoliticos, cops and secretaries, editors anddreamers -- Lawrence Block's electrifying newnovel reveals the small town at the heart of theBig Apple in all its power, terror, and starkbeauty.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: HarperTorch
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060011912
• ISBN 13: 9780060011918
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 576
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