Citizen Vince: An Edgar Award Winner - Couverture rigide

Walter, Jess

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0060394412 ISBN 13 : 9780060394417

Editeur : Harper, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Walter Jess

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

One day you know more dead people that live ones...

Jess Walter is a writer with a rare talent for finding humanity and emotional truths in lives lived on both sides of the law. With his third novel, Citizen Vince, Walter has crafted a story as inventive as it is suspenseful -- an irresistible tale about the price of freedom and the mystery of salvation.

It's the fall of 1980, eight days before a presidential election that pits the downtrodden Jimmy Carter against the suspiciously sunny Ronald Reagan ("Are you better off than you were four years ago?"). In a quiet house in Spokane, Washington, Vince Camden wakes up at 1:59 a.m., pockets his weekly stash of stolen credit cards, and drops in on an all-night poker game with his low-life friends on his way to his witness-protection job dusting crullers at Donut Make You Hungry. This is the sum of Vince's new life: donuts, forged credit cards, marijuana smuggled in jars of volcanic ash, and a neurotic hooker girlfriend who dreams of being a real estate agent.

But when a familiar face shows up in town, Vince realizes that no matter how far you think you've run from your past . . . it's always close behind you. Over the course of the next unforgettable week, on the run from Spokane to New York's Lower East Side, Vince Camden will negotiate a maze of obsessive cops, eager politicians, and emerging mobsters, only to find that redemption might just exist in -- of all places -- a voting booth.

Darkly funny and surprisingly hopeful, Citizen Vince is the story of a charming crook chasing the biggest score of his life: a second chance.

Revue de presse :

“(An) immensely entertaining crime thriller and wry social commentary.” (Chicago Tribune)

“Rich in robust characters ad wry dialogue, with agile prose, a big heart and a finely tuned plot.” (Seattle Times)

“A splendidly entertaining, thoughtful book ... Jess Walter continues to impress.” (Sunday Telegraph)

“What makes Walter’s third novel so enjoyable is Vince, a flawed but sympathetic character trying to find redemption.” (Library Journal)

1st Place, General Trade-Jacket, New York Book Show (No Source)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060394412
• ISBN 13: 9780060394417
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304