Chicago cab driver, Cooper MacLeish is on top of the world. His pool hustles are thriving and so is his relationship with Diana. Then, one day, Tommy Thorne, an old flame of Diana's from Trinidad, arrives in town with a plan to shake down Moss Wetzel, a soft-porn publisher. Wetzel possesses some very unpleasant goons whose job allows them to inflict violence and enjoy it. When Tommy Thorne is killed, Diana realizes she is next on the list. Her only defence against professional killers and a steroid-pumped thug is Coop...
Rezensionen / Stimmen
Just the right mixture of violence and sentimentality in this excellent debut -- Felicia Lamb * Mail On Sunday * Page-turner of the month * i-D * Stunningly good first novel as harboiled as the Chicago sidewalk -- Mike Ripley * Daily Telegraph *
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Maße
Höhe: 200 mm
Breite: 130 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85242-310-0 (9781852423100)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Sam Reaves was born in Indiana and now lives in Chicago, Illinois where he teaches English as a foreign language. He has travelled extensively to the Middle East and studied at the university of Jordan in Amman.
