The Listener

McCammon, Robert

ISBN 10: 1587676133 / ISBN 13: 9781587676130

Published by Cemetery Dance, USA, 2018

About this Item

One of 52 deluxe lettered editions signed by Robert McCammon and bound in leather with a dust jacket unique to this edition and housed in a matching leather traycase.

Seller Inventory # 019130

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Listener
• Publisher: Cemetery Dance, USA
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1587676133
• ISBN 13: 9781587676130
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: Limited/Lettered.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • For Sale

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Synopsis

1934. Businesses went under by the hundreds, debt and foreclosures boomed, and breadlines grew in many American cities. In the midst of this misery, some folks explored unscrupulous ways to make money. Angel-faced John Partlow and carnival huckster Ginger LaFrance are among the worst of this lot. Joining together they leave their small time confidence scams behind to attempt an elaborate kidnapping-for-ransom scheme in New Orleans. In a different part of town, Curtis Mayhew, a young black man who works as a redcap for the Union Railroad Station, has a reputation for mending quarrels and misunderstandings among his friends. What those friends don't know is that Curtis has a special talent for listening... and he can sometimes hear things that aren't spoken aloud. One day, Curtis Mayhew's special talent allows him to overhear a child's cry for help (THIS MAN IN THE CAR HE'S GOT A GUN), which draws him into the dangerous world of Partlow and LaFrance. This gritty depression-era crime