Frank Kalinyak, disgraced ex-cop, returns to Pittsburgh, Pa., "Iron
City," his hometown, from Tucson where he has been living a
desperate existence since the death of his young daughter. He has
been summoned home by Bobby Mack, an Assistant D.A., to find out
who murdered an old high school friend. Kalinyak is swept into a
whirlpool of bizarre killings, religious fanaticism, church
duplicity, hustlers, cops, junkies, old friends gone bad. Amid the
fractured landscape of Iron City, rusting mills, rotting industry,
he struggles to find sense in his life. Ultimately he must ask: who
is he and can he survive? "David Scott Milton can write like an
angel... a writer hell bent on fulfilling the legacy of John
Steinbeck, carrying on the tradition of James Jones and exploring
his own heights." -- Alabama Journal "It was my misfortune to have
missed 'The Quarterback', and thus be unaware of this fine,
unflinching writer. He does not prettify, embroider, ornament of
otherwise offend against the utter dignity of his hard, enduring
characters; out of their meanness, and misery, he has made a story
which I envy, in prose as clean and businesslike as a switchblade.
Make sure everybody hears about this book; it's not about a gambler
and a broad and a fighter at all-it's about the human condition,
and it's beautiful." -- George V. Higgins, author of The "Friends
of Eddie Coyle"
General
Imprint: |
White Whisker Books
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2011 |
First published: |
November 2011 |
Authors: |
David Scott Milton
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
214 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9836329-2-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
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LSN: |
0-9836329-2-8 |
Barcode: |
9780983632924 |
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