The Disappearing Body - Softcover

Grand, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156027194 ISBN 13: 9780156027199

Verlag: Mariner Books, 2003

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This rich tale of drug dealing and union-busting, murder and mayhem on both sides of the law, begins when Victor Ribe, an ex-junkie and World War I veteran, is mysteriously released from prison after serving fifteen years for a murder he didn't commit. He returns to a city where Prohibition has been repealed and a dark underworld is developing a new source of profits--illegal heroin trafficking. Meanwhile, legitimate industries are launching an offensive against unionization and the specter of Communism--and they're not above fighting dirty.
When Victor's old Army buddy, Freddy Stillman, a munitions salesman, reports a murder but can't explain why the body has disappeared, he unwittingly pulls himself and Victor into the bewildering swirl of corruption and conspiracy that encompasses everyone in the book's vast, raging cityscape. Combining the atmospheric richness of Dashiell Hammett and the irresistible, subversive humor of Thomas Pynchon, The Disappearing Body weaves suspenseful mystery into a stunning, darkly hilarious portrait of urban America between the wars.

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David Grand is the author of Louse, which was selected as a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and sons.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Mariner Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0156027194
• ISBN 13: 9780156027199
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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