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OverviewFrom the highly acclaimed new crime novelist: a story of witness protection, petty thievery, local politics, and murder--set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1980 presidential election It's the fall of 1980, the last week before the presidential election that pits the downtrodden Jimmy Carter against the suspiciously sunny Ronald Reagan. In a seedy suburban house in Spokane, a small-time crook formerly from New York, Vince Camden, pockets his weekly allotment of stolen credit cards and heads off to his witness-protection job at a donut shop. A the shop he takes a shine to a regular named Kelly, who works for a local politician. Somehow he finds himself and the politician in a parking lot at three in the morning, giving the slip to a couple of menacing thugs. And then he crosses the path of a young detective--and discovers his credit-scam partner, lying dead in his passport-photo office with a Cheerio-size bullet-hole in his head. No one writing crime novels today tells a story or sketches a character with more freshness or elan than Jess Walter. Citizen Vince is his funniest and grittiest book yet. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jess WalterPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.245kg ISBN: 9780061577659ISBN 10: 0061577650 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 17 June 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews1st Place, General Trade-Jacket, New York Book Show--No Source (An) immensely entertaining crime thriller and wry social commentary. --Chicago Tribune Rich in robust characters ad wry dialogue, with agile prose, a big heart and a finely tuned plot. --Seattle Times What makes Walter's third novel so enjoyable is Vince, a flawed but sympathetic character trying to find redemption. --Library Journal A splendidly entertaining, thoughtful book ... Jess Walter continues to impress. --Sunday Telegraph 1st Place, General Trade-Jacket, New York Book Show -- No Source A splendidly entertaining, thoughtful book ... Jess Walter continues to impress. --Sunday Telegraph Author InformationJess Walter is the author of six novels, including the bestsellers Beautiful Ruins and The Financial Lives of the Poets, the National Book Award finalist The Zero, and Citizen Vince, the winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction has appeared in Harper's, McSweeney's, and Playboy, as well as The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. He lives in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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