Devil's Jump - Softcover

Doyle, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1891241206 ISBN 13: 9781891241208

Verlag: Verse Chorus Press,U.S., 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Set in Australia in the years following World War II, Peter Doyles novels brilliantly explore the criminal underworld, political corruption, and the postwar explosion of sex, drugs, and rocknroll. August 1945: the Japanese have surrendered and theres dancing in the streets of Sydney. But Billy Glasheen has little time to celebrate; his black marketeer boss has disappeared, leaving Billy high and dry. Soon hes on the run from the criminals and the cops, not to mention a shady private army. They all think he has the thing they want, and theyll kill to get hold of it. Unfortunately for Billy, he doesnt know what it is, but hed better find it fast.

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Born in Sydney, Peter Doyle worked as a taxi driver, musician, and teacher before writing his first book, Get Rich Quick, (9781891241154) which won the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel in 1997. He has since published two further books featuring protagonist Billy Glasheen, Amaze Your Friends (9780091836566) and The Devils Jump, which also won a Ned Kelly Award. He also wrote the acclaimed City of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912-1948. (9781876991203) He lectures in writing at Macquarie University, Sydney.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Verse Chorus Press,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1891241206
• ISBN 13: 9781891241208
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 287
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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