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Stark in the Bronx - A Detective Novel (Paperback)
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Stark in the Bronx - A Detective Novel (Paperback)
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Stark is an endangered species. He's the last Jewish private
detective in the south Bronx and his days may be numbered. It's the
summer of 1965: the Yankees are making another pennant run, the war
in Vietnam is heating up, hemlines are rising and the old
neighborhood is changing. These days it's easier to stumble on a
mugging than to find a good bagel. Stark is not a tough guy. In the
trade, he's what's known as a peeper. His business is adultery and
his weapon is a camera with a long lens not a snub-nose revolver.
But Stark's life is beginning to unravel. His wife left him, his
secretary hates him, his mother wants to mother him, he can't shake
his shrink's voice from his head and he's got a strange pain in his
chest. Then things go from bad to worse. He witnesses a shocking
murder and suddenly Stark goes from being the hunter to the hunted,
as he races through a decaying world of bookies, transvestites,
loan sharks, slum lords and thugs for hire. "Stark in the Bronx" is
the dazzling first novel by acclaimed historian Saul Landau. A kind
of comic noir, Landau's atmospheric novel is both thrilling and
hilarious: imagine the "Maltese Falcon" narrated by Woody Allen.
Praise for Saul Landau and Stark: "Saul Landau, like the narrator
of 'The Great Gatsby, marvels at how the rich so joyously make
messes secure in the knowledge that others will clean up. But what
if, one day, they don't?" -- Gore Vidal "You'll believe him, laugh
with him, weep and get off your ass." -- John Berger, author "Ways
of Seeing"
General
Imprint: |
Counterpunch
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2013 |
First published: |
August 2013 |
Authors: |
Saul Landau
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
212 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9897637-0-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
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LSN: |
0-9897637-0-6 |
Barcode: |
9780989763707 |
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