Boston Blackie - Couverture souple

Boyle, Jack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1627551840 ISBN 13 : 9781627551847

Editeur : Black Curtain Press, 2013

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The aristocracy of the underworld and its dregs, its life and its hopes laid bare to shock and thrill you.

The complete adventures of this expert safe cracker. Let Jack Boyle thrill you as he has millions of other readers!

He is not a ‘gentleman thief,” but the real thing with a vengeance!

“I have hidden his identity under the name ‘Boston Blackie.’ To the police and the world he is a professional crook, a skilled and daring safe cracker, an incorrigible criminal made doubly dangerous by intellect. To the world ‘Boston Blackie’ is that and nothing more. But to me, who saw him in the park, caring, tenderly as a mother, for the forsaken little children the fire had sent him, ‘Blackie’ is something more—a man with more than a spark of the Divine Spirit that lies hidden somewhere in the heart of even the worst of men. University graduate, scholar and gentleman, the ‘Blackie' I know is a man of many inconsistencies and a strangely twisted code of morals—a code that he guards from violation as a zealot guards his religion. He makes no compromise between right and wrong as he sees it. Principle is, to him, a thing beyond price. Today 'Boston Blackie' would go, smilingly content, to a lifetime behind prison bars rather than dishonor the conscience that guides him.” -Jack Boyle

Whether he is fighting the police or the criminal underworld, Boston Blackie always stands up for what’s right

Sure, Boston Blackie is a jewel thief and a safecracker, but he’s a criminal with code. He ensures that the worst villains get what’s coming to them while the honorable ones stay out on the street—where, like Blackie, they do more good than harm.

In this classic collection of adventures, with his dependable wife and getaway driver, Mary, by his side, Blackie gets into and out of a dizzying array of tight spots. He escapes from prison, saves a friend from the gallows, and pulls off the gold bullion heist of a lifetime. Later adapted into serials, movies, and TV shows, Boston Blackie’s exploits are some of the most thrilling in all of crime fiction.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jack Boyle (1881–1928) was the creator of the honorable criminal Boston Blackie, a popular character featured in radio serials, movies, and TV shows throughout the early twentieth century. After moving to San Francisco to work as a newspaperman, Boyle became addicted to opium and turned to a life of crime. He wrote the first Boston Blackie stories in San Quentin.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Black Curtain Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1627551840
• ISBN 13: 9781627551847
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 212