This debut novel is written in a style evocative of James Lee Burke and Elmore Leonard at their toughest and funniest. From page one and nonstop, Christopher Cook, a brilliant new talent in crime fiction, takes two drifters on a wild and bloody ride across the state of Texas. Written with an eye and heart for the rural south so true that readers will smell the magnolia and taste the dust, this first novel has such authenticity, assuredness, and strength that it will be immediately apparent why James Ellroy has already ...
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This debut novel is written in a style evocative of James Lee Burke and Elmore Leonard at their toughest and funniest. From page one and nonstop, Christopher Cook, a brilliant new talent in crime fiction, takes two drifters on a wild and bloody ride across the state of Texas. Written with an eye and heart for the rural south so true that readers will smell the magnolia and taste the dust, this first novel has such authenticity, assuredness, and strength that it will be immediately apparent why James Ellroy has already described it as "my kind of book. " From its terse opening lines Robbers promises to be any crime and mystery fan's kind of book: "Eddie didn't intend to shoot the guy. Didn't intend to rob him, either. What happened was - " Thus begins the path of mayhem laid by the two drifters Eddie and Ray Bob, one a sociopath and the other a talented blues guitarist, as well as the mission of the Texas Ranger who pursues them. As the two losers wind their way across Texas, robbing and killing with no long-range plans, and no immediate ones either, they hook up with a young woman named Della. Eddie falls in love with her and decides to clean up his act for her - much to the disgust of Ray Bob, who preferred the trigger-happy life with his buddy before the intrusion of Della with her middle-class desire for respectability.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. Jacket is in brodart, light wear. Boards have light wear. Usual library/discard markings. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
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New in New jacket. Fiction. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed New. Very little shelfwear. Signed by the author on the title page. The dust jacket is in new mylar.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. Cooks debut novel of two young men, one a talented blues guitarist and the other a sciopath, ridle an arid landscape with bullets and blood that set Texas Ranger Rule Hooks doggedly on their skewed path.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed by Author 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. An Otto Penzler book. SIGNED COPY. Signed by Cook at title page. Cooks debut novel of two young men, one a talented blues guitarist and the other a sciopath, ridle an arid landscape with bullets and blood that set Texas Ranger Rule Hooks doggedly on their skewed path.