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Combining elements of classic noir, dark comedy, and a misfits memoir reminiscent of Notes from the Underground, Goffard brings life to the darker side of West Coast counter-culture, in a literary crime novel that will delight readers.

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Christopher Goffard, a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for his three-part series in the St. Petersburg Times chronicling a public defender's rookie year. Snitch Jacket, a finalist for the 2008 Edgar ® Award for Best First Novel, is Christopher Goffard's first novel. He lives with his family in southern California.
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"Snitch Jacket is a great read, full of the blood and grit of true character. Sometimes hilarious, and sometimes all too disturbingly real, this book announces the arrival of a great new writer in Christopher Goffard." -- Michael Connelly

"Snitch Jacket is a wonder of sentences that sing . . . the sights and smells and fast talking are all so memorable that we can't help looking forward to what comes next from this talented writer's mind and pen." -- Sarah Weinman, Los Angeles Times

"Christopher Goffard sees Southern California with a keen eye, and he writes with an incandescent humor that is remarkable. Pull up a seat at the narrator's favorite bar--the Greasy Tuesday--and enjoy the madness going on around you." -- T. Jefferson Parker

"Goffard's prose shimmers with intelligence and humor, and he has a keen ear for telling detail. Fans of such cultish neo-noir scribes as Charlie Huston and Duane Swierczynski will be richly rewarded." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review

"In its dark vision [Snitch Jacket] would probably give Raymond Chandler night sweats . . . you won't close it until the last page." -- Gregory McNamee, St. Petersburg Times

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  • PublisherOverlook/Rookery
  • Publication date2007
  • ISBN 10 1585679542
  • ISBN 13 9781585679546
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages272
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