Family Business - Couverture souple

Patrick, Vincent

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0708844839 ISBN 13 : 9780708844830

Editeur : Futura Publications, 1989

Synopsis

Three generations of criminals...The grandfather was born a thief The father was raised a thief So it's only natural that the son thinks like a thief; after all, it is a FAMILY BUSINESS The McMullens are a mongrel breed. Jessie, half Irish, half Cherokee, was born in New York's Hell's Kitchen and instinctively thinks with his fists. Vito, his son, is half Italian and knows all the skills connected with slippery fingers. W/son Adam is half Italian, half Jewish, but one hundred per cent street-smart. Given their geneology, it's not surprising they're an argumentative family. So to promote peace within the clan they decide to pull off a heist which will make them all rich quick. But family unity is put to the test when the robbery doesn't go as planned and the only way to escape the slammer is to shop your father... or son.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The most lovable family ever to live outside the law gives us a wild, funny, tough-talking, big-hearted novel. Between Grandpa Jessie, son Vito, and grandson Adam, the McMullen men represent a good portion of the ethnic groups in America—Cherokee Indian, Irish, Jewish, and Italian—but there's something "unadulterated" they all share—what Grandpa Jessie calls "the criminal gene." And Jessie intends to capitalize on it with one last big scam that will keep them in clover forever. Although Vito has long since sworn off partnering with Jessie in his outrageous schemes, when he learns that Adam is the mastermind behind this scam, Vito reluctantly joins in to look out for his son. From the drunken revelry of an Irish wake in Brooklyn to a backstreet bar in Hell's Kitchen, to a not-so-secure genetic engineering firm in San Jose, FAMILY BUSINESS abounds in streetwise wit, colorful characters, and crisp dialogue, with all the strains of love and loyalty that exist in every family.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Vincent Patrick has a work background appropriate for a novelist’s book jacket. Born in the Bronx, New York, he finished both high school and engineering college at night and has had a remarkable range of jobs. He’s been a door-to-door Bible salesman, bartender, restaurant owner, Standard-bred Pacer owner, vice-president of an engineering consulting firm, teacher in a community college (writing fiction in the off-hours from his late teens.) After the publication of his first novel, The Pope of Greenwich Village, he wrote screenplays for many years, including the script for the movie, The Pope of Greenwich Village (with Micky Rouark and Eric Roberts). He also wrote the screenplay for the movie of his this, his second novel, Family Business (Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman and Mathew Broderick, Directed by Sidney Lumet).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Futura Publications
• Date d'édition: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0708844839
• ISBN 13: 9780708844830
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288