Another Life

Author:   Andrew Vachss
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Volume:   18
ISBN:  

9780307390394


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 September 2009
Format:   Paperback
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In this blistering conclusion to the nationally bestselling series, Burke is forced into a journey that will change the lives of the urban survivalist and his outlaw family forever.The only person Burke has ever called father, known throughout the underground as “The Prof,” is in a coma, barely clinging to life in an off the-books hospital. So when Pryce, a slippery man with government connections, offers the best medical services for the Prof and a clean slate for all concerned, Burke takes the contract without reading it. The two-year-old son of a Saudi prince has been kidnapped. A highly professional snatch; no mistakes, no clues, and no ransom note. Burke’s job: get the kid back, whatever it takes. To do so, the ultimate man-for-hire must return to the day “Baby Boy Burke” was written on his birth certificate, and write, in the blood of his enemies, the final act of this story.

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Author:   Andrew Vachss
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Random House Inc
Volume:   18
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 20.20cm
Weight:   0.238kg
ISBN:  

9780307390394


ISBN 10:   030739039
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 September 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Another Life is the end of a journey that began with Flood, Andrew Vachss's first novel featuring career criminal Burke and his Family of Choice. I didn't set out to write a series. Who but a terminal narcissist would? the author says of his 1985 debut. But twenty-three years-and seventeen Burke novels-later, Andrew Vachss is finally bringing down the curtain on a series that has been described as urban nightmares by Publishers Weekly, and strong, gritty, gut-bucket stuff by the Chicago Tribune, Anyone who has felt a part of the family that includes recurring series characters Max, the Mole, Michelle, the Prof, Terry, Clarence, and Mama-characters the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says are as sharply defined as if they were etched in steel -will want to be there for the end of the journey, as best-selling, award- winning author Andrew Vachss ties up the loose ends, and sends his Family of Choice off to ... Another Life, <br> There's no way to put a [Vachss book] down once you've begun . . . The plot hooks are engaging and the one-liners pierce like bullets. <br>- Detroit Free Press <br> Vachss is just about the toughest of contemporary crime novelists. [He] waves a powerful light across a city landscape that few writers go near and none portray so convincingly. <br>- Los Angeles Times <br> The hardest-boiled crime fiction this side of Sing Sing. <br>- USA Today <br> Sheer narrative drive is only part of what has kept readers coming back for more. [Burke] is a hero of our times. . . lord of the asphalt jungle. <br>- The Washington Post Book World <br> Vachss's style is as inimitable and passionate as ever. <br>- Rocky Mountain News <br> Vachss is a contemporarymaster. <br>- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution <br> Writing in a style so sleekly engineered that it purrs when you pop the hood, Vachss gives such a smooth ride that it's easy to forget someone is driving. <br>- The New York Times <br> Vachss has always been able to make other writers look candy-assed . . . And it's not because he manages to marry grim idealism to action-driven plots. It's because of the unflinching way he looks at evil. <br>- Chicago Reader <br> Vachss is red hot and as serious as a punctured lung. <br>- Playboy <br> The New York Burke inhabits is not borrowed from anybody and shimmers on the page as gaudily and scarily as it does on the street. <br>- New York<br> <p> From the Hardcover edition.


There's no way to put a Vachss book down once you've begun. -- Detroit Free Press Vachss's prose is as taut and street-wise as ever. --Associated Press Burke is the hardest, most twisted man in crime and thriller fiction. -- Contra Costa Times Vachss is just about the toughest of contemporary crime novelists. [He] waves a powerful light across a city landscape that few writers go near and none portray so convincingly. - Los Angeles Times The hardest-boiled crime fiction this side of Sing Sing. - USA Today Sheer narrative drive is only part of what has kept readers coming back for more. [Burke] is a hero of our times. . . lord of the asphalt jungle. - The Washington Post Book World Vachss's style is as inimitable and passionate as ever. - Rocky Mountain News Vachss is a contemporary master. - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Writing in a style so sleekly engineered that it purrs when you pop the hood, Vachss gives such a smooth ride that it's easy to forget someone is driving.


There's no way to put a Vachss book down once you've begun. --Detroit Free Press Vachss's prose is as taut and street-wise as ever. --Associated Press Burke is the hardest, most twisted man in crime and thriller fiction. --Contra Costa Times Vachss is just about the toughest of contemporary crime novelists. [He] waves a powerful light across a city landscape that few writers go near and none portray so convincingly. --Los Angeles Times The hardest-boiled crime fiction this side of Sing Sing. --USA Today Sheer narrative drive is only part of what has kept readers coming back for more. [Burke] is a hero of our times. . . lord of the asphalt jungle. --The Washington Post Book World Vachss's style is as inimitable and passionate as ever. --Rocky Mountain News Vachss is a contemporary master. --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Writing in a style so sleekly engineered that it purrs when you pop the hood, Vachss gives such a smooth ride that it's easy to forget someone is driving. --The New York Times Vachss has always been able to make other writers look candy-assed . . . And it's not because he manages to marry grim idealism to action-driven plots. It's because of the unflinching way he looks at evil. --Chicago Reader Vachss is red hot and as serious as a punctured lung. --Playboy The New York Burke inhabits is not borrowed from anybody and shimmers on the page as gaudily and scarily as it does on the street. --New York


There s no way to put a Vachss book down once you ve begun. Detroit Free Press Vachss s prose is as taut and street-wise as ever. Associated Press Burke is the hardest, most twisted man in crime and thriller fiction. Contra Costa Times Vachss is just about the toughest of contemporary crime novelists. [He] waves a powerful light across a city landscape that few writers go near and none portray so convincingly. -- Los Angeles Times The hardest-boiled crime fiction this side of Sing Sing. -- USA Today Sheer narrative drive is only part of what has kept readers coming back for more. [Burke] is a hero of our times. . . lord of the asphalt jungle. -- The Washington Post Book World Vachss s style is as inimitable and passionate as ever. -- Rocky Mountain News Vachss is a contemporary master. -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Writing in a style so sleekly engineered that it purrs when you pop the hood, Vachss gives such a smooth ride that it s easy to forget someone is driving. -- The New York Times Vachss has always been able to make other writers look candy-assed . . . And it s not because he manages to marry grim idealism to action-driven plots. It s because of the unflinching way he looks at evil. --Chicago Reader Vachss is red hot and as serious as a punctured lung. -- Playboy The New York Burke inhabits is not borrowed from anybody and shimmers on the page as gaudily and scarily as it does on the street. -- New York


There's no way to put a Vachss book down once you've begun. -- Detroit Free Press Vachss's prose is as taut and street-wise as ever. --Associated Press Burke is the hardest, most twisted man in crime and thriller fiction. -- Contra Costa Times Vachss is just about the toughest of contemporary crime novelists. [He] waves a powerful light across a city landscape that few writers go near and none portray so convincingly. - Los Angeles Times The hardest-boiled crime fiction this side of Sing Sing. - USA Today Sheer narrative drive is only part of what has kept readers coming back for more. [Burke] is a hero of our times. . . lord of the asphalt jungle. - The Washington Post Book World Vachss's style is as inimitable and passionate as ever. - Rocky Mountain News Vachss is a contemporary master. - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Writing in a style so sleekly engineered that it purrs when you pop the hood, Vachss gives such a smooth ride that it's easy to forget someone is driving. - The New York Times Vachss has always been able to make other writers look candy-assed . . . And it's not because he manages to marry grim idealism to action-driven plots. It's because of the unflinching way he looks at evil. - Chicago Reader Vachss is red hot and as serious as a punctured lung. - Playboy The New York Burke inhabits is not borrowed from anybody and shimmers on the page as gaudily and scarily as it does on the street. - New York


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Andrew Vachss’s many books include the Burke novels and two previous collections of short stories. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. He died in 2021.

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