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Two Trains Running by Andrew Vachss (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-101400079381
ISBN-139781400079384
eBay Product ID (ePID)50243096
Product Key Features
Book TitleTwo Trains Running
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCrime, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / General, Political
Publication Year2006
GenreFiction
AuthorAndrew Vachss
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Reviews"Gripping. . . . It begins in the clipped, tough-guy manner of Dashiell Hammett . . . but by the end it enters a strange . . . twilight zone all its own." -- The Wall Street Journal "Ambitious, expansive. . . . Walker Dett [is] a superb creation." -- Entertainment Weekly "A sprawling epic. . . . A raw portrait of a volatile era." -- Philadelphia City Paper "If you're craving a midsummer mystery . . . Andrew Vachss has something special for youÉa dark, violent and even weird tale. . . . The plot . . . zips ahead with the speed of one of those dangerously overpowered late-1950s Oldsmobile 88s. . . . The bits and pieces cut back and forth among the characters, like a fast-paced movie." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch From the Trade Paperback edition., "Gripping. . . . It begins in the clipped, tough-guy manner of Dashiell Hammett . . . but by the end it enters a strange . . . twilight zone all its own." -- The Wall Street Journal "Ambitious, expansive. . . . Walker Dett [is] a superb creation." -- Entertainment Weekly "A sprawling epic. . . . A raw portrait of a volatile era." -- Philadelphia City Paper "If you're craving a midsummer mystery . . . Andrew Vachss has something special for youÉa dark, violent and even weird tale. . . . The plot . . . zips ahead with the speed of one of those dangerously overpowered late-1950s Oldsmobile 88s. . . . The bits and pieces cut back and forth among the characters, like a fast-paced movie." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Vachss plows a field famously sowed by Dashiell Hammett and reaps his own kind of red harvest . . . Dark, violent, blood-drenched, page-turning." -"Kirkus" "Reviews" (starred) "The voice of Vachss: uncompromising, exciting, and fiercely original." -George Pelecanos, author of "Hard Revolution " "From the Hardcover edition.", "Gripping. . . . It begins in the clipped, tough-guy manner of Dashiell Hammett . . . but by the end it enters a strange . . . twilight zone all its own." --"The Wall Street Journal" "Ambitious, expansive. . . . Walker Dett [is] a superb creation." --"Entertainment Weekly" "A sprawling epic. . . . A raw portrait of a volatile era." --"Philadelphia City Paper" "If you're craving a midsummer mystery . . . Andrew Vachss has something special for youEa dark, violent and even weird tale. . . . The plot . . . zips ahead with the speed of one of those dangerously overpowered late-1950s Oldsmobile 88s. . . . The bits and pieces cut back and forth among the characters, like a fast-paced movie." --"St. Louis Post-Dispatch", "Gripping. . . . It begins in the clipped, tough-guy manner of Dashiell Hammett . . . but by the end it enters a strange . . . twilight zone all its own." -- The Wall Street Journal "Ambitious, expansive. . . . Walker Dett [is] a superb creation." -- Entertainment Weekly "A sprawling epic. . . . A raw portrait of a volatile era." -- Philadelphia City Paper "If you're craving a midsummer mystery . . . Andrew Vachss has something special for youEa dark, violent and even weird tale. . . . The plot . . . zips ahead with the speed of one of those dangerously overpowered late-1950s Oldsmobile 88s. . . . The bits and pieces cut back and forth among the characters, like a fast-paced movie." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Gripping. . . . It begins in the clipped, tough-guy manner of Dashiell Hammett . . . but by the end it enters a strange . . . twilight zone all its own." --The Wall Street Journal "Ambitious, expansive. . . . Walker Dett [is] a superb creation." --Entertainment Weekly "A sprawling epic. . . . A raw portrait of a volatile era." --Philadelphia City Paper "If you're craving a midsummer mystery . . . Andrew Vachss has something special for youÉa dark, violent and even weird tale. . . . The plot . . . zips ahead with the speed of one of those dangerously overpowered late-1950s Oldsmobile 88s. . . . The bits and pieces cut back and forth among the characters, like a fast-paced movie." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Vachss plows a field famously sowed by Dashiell Hammett and reaps his own kind of red harvest . . . Dark, violent, blood-drenched, page-turning." Kirkus Reviews (starred) "The voice of Vachss: uncompromising, exciting, and fiercely original." George Pelecanos, author of Hard Revolution From the Hardcover edition.
SynopsisOnce a devastated mill town, by 1959 Locke City has established itself as a thriving center of vice tourism. In a town where crime and politics are virtually indivisible, other players await their turn onstage including juvenile gangs, an IRA unit, and a Mafia family. In a stunning departure from his usual territory, Vachss pens an epic story of postwar America., In his most original and compelling book yet, Andrew Vachss presents an electrifying tale of corruption in a devastated mill town. It is 1959--a moment in history when the clandestine, powerful forces that will shape America to the present day are about to collide.Walker Dett is a hired gun, known for using the most extreme measures toaccomplish his missions. Royal Beaumont is the "hillbilly boss"who turned Locke City from a dying town into a thriving vice capital. But organized crime outsiders are moving in onBeaumont's turf,so he reaches out forDett in a high-risk move to maintain his power at all costs. Adda rival Irish political machine, a deeply entrenched neo-Nazi "party", the nascent black power movement, turf-disputing juvenile gangs, a muck-raking journalist who doubles as a blackmailer, the FBI--a covertobserver and occasional participantwhich may itself be under surveillance-- and Locke City is about as stable as anitroglycerintruck stalled on the railroad tracks., In his most original and compelling book yet, Andrew Vachss presents an electrifying tale of corruption in a devastated mill town. It is 1959--a moment in history when the clandestine, powerful forces that will shape America to the present day are about to collide. Walker Dett is a hired gun, known for using the most extreme measures to accomplish his missions. Royal Beaumont is the "hillbilly boss" who turned Locke City from a dying town into a thriving vice capital. But organized crime outsiders are moving in on Beaumont's turf, so he reaches out for Dett in a high-risk move to maintain his power at all costs. Add a rival Irish political machine, a deeply entrenched neo-Nazi "party," the nascent black power movement, turf-disputing juvenile gangs, a muck-raking journalist who doubles as a blackmailer, the FBI--a covert observer and occasional participant which may itself be under surveillance-- and Locke City is about as stable as a nitroglycerin truck stalled on the railroad tracks., In his most original and compelling book yet, Andrew Vachss presents an electrifying tale of corruption in a devastated mill town. It is 1959--a moment in history when the clandestine, powerful forces that will shape America to the present day are about to collide.Walker Dett is a hired gun, known for using the most extreme measures to accomplish his missions. Royal Beaumont is the "hillbilly boss" who turned Locke City from a dying town into a thriving vice capital. But organized crime outsiders are moving in on Beaumont's turf, so he reaches out for Dett in a high-risk move to maintain his power at all costs. Add a rival Irish political machine, a deeply entrenched neo-Nazi "party", the nascent black power movement, turf-disputing juvenile gangs, a muck-raking journalist who doubles as a blackmailer, the FBI--a covert observer and occasional participant which may itself be under surveillance-- and Locke City is about as stable as a nitroglycerin truck stalled on the railroad tracks., In his most original and compelling book yet, Andrew Vachss presents an electrifying tale of corruption in a devastated mill town. It is 1959--a moment in history when the clandestine, powerful forces that will shape America to the present day are about to collide.Walker Dett is a hired gun, known for using the most extreme measures to accomplish his missions. Royal Beaumont is the "hillbilly boss" who turned Locke City from a dying town into a thriving vice capital. But organized crime outsiders are moving in on Beaumont's turf, so he reaches out for Dett in a high-risk move to maintain his power at all costs. Add a rival Irish political machine, a deeply entrenched neo-Nazi "party," the nascent black power movement, turf-disputing juvenile gangs, a muck-raking journalist who doubles as a blackmailer, the FBI--a covert observer and occasional participant which may itself be under surveillance-- and Locke City is about as stable as a nitroglycerin truck stalled on the railroad tracks.
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