Items related to Strega
Synopsis
Andrew Vachss’s implacable private eye has a new client, Strega. She wants Burke to find an obscene photograph and that search will take him into the ocean that flows just beneath the city, an ocean whose currents are flesh and money, the anguish of children and the pleasure of twisted adults. It is a place that Burke can visit only at the risk of his sanity and his life. But between the power of Strega and his own sense of justice, there is no turning back. In Strega one of our most acclaimed crime writers gives us a thriller that might have been imagined by Dante. For this is a tour of hell with no stops left out, conducted by a novelist who writes with the authority of the damned. “It’s wonderful. The words leap off the page. The plot is fresh. The principal character is original. The style is as clean as a haiku.” ― The Washington Post Book World
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Back Cover
"So hard-boiled that it makes Mike Hammer and Sam Spade look like running yolks." —Chicago Sun-Times
"An absolute stunner, the toughest crime novel, and one of the most realistic, any American writer has produced." —The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"It's wonderful. The words leap off the page. The plot is fresh. The principal character is original. The style is as clean as a haiku." —The Washington Post Book World
"A bizarre, fast-paced tour of the criminal psyche.... Has a grim authenticity." —The Philadelphia Inquirer
About the Author
Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many novels and two collections of short stories have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. A native New Yorker, he divides his time between the city of his birth and the Pacific Northwest.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherCollins
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 000223369X
- ISBN 13 9780002233699
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages320
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Strega
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. Seller Inventory # M0000223369X-G
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Strega
Published by
Collins Publishers Ltd, London, 1988
ISBN 10: 000223369X
ISBN 13: 9780002233699
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: John Stoodley, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. page edges tanned otherwise VG+ in VG+ dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 003084
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Strega
Published by
Collins, London, UK, 1988
ISBN 10: 000223369X
ISBN 13: 9780002233699
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Mike Murray - Bookseller LLC, East Windsor, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First U.K. Edition/First Printing. This copy has been SIGNED by Andrew Vachss on the title page. The talented author's second novel - investigor Burke returns us to the seamy underworld of New York City whose self-appointed mission is to make the world unsafe for child molesters (and stay out of jail while doing it). This is a copy of the UK Edition. Foxing and toning to page edges. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 5803
Quantity: 1 available