Sam Acquillo's at the end of the line. A middle-aged corporate dropout living in his dead parent's ramshackle cottage in Southampton's North Sea, Sam has abandoned friends, family and a big-time career to sit on his porch, drink vodka and stare at the little Peconic Bay. But then the old lady next door ends up floating dead in her bathtub and it seems like Sam's the only who wonders why. Despite himself, burned-out, busted up and cynical, the ex-engineer, ex-professional boxer, ex-loving father and husband finds himself ...
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Sam Acquillo's at the end of the line. A middle-aged corporate dropout living in his dead parent's ramshackle cottage in Southampton's North Sea, Sam has abandoned friends, family and a big-time career to sit on his porch, drink vodka and stare at the little Peconic Bay. But then the old lady next door ends up floating dead in her bathtub and it seems like Sam's the only who wonders why. Despite himself, burned-out, busted up and cynical, the ex-engineer, ex-professional boxer, ex-loving father and husband finds himself uncovering secrets no one could have imagined, least of all Sam himself. Meanwhile, a precession of quirky character intrudes on Sam's misanthropic way--a beautiful banker, pot-smoking lawyer, bug-eyed fisherman and gay billionaire join a full complement of cops, thugs and local luminaries, the likes of which you never knew inhabited the hidden corners of the storied Hamptons: haves, have-nots and want-to-have-at-all-costs. Some deadly. Like Dr. Gernard Ricux in Camus' The Plague, tragedy has given Sam Acquillo an excuse to go on living-if for no other reason than to satisfy his curiosity, and may be buy a little time before succumbing to the existential despair that has brought him to the brink.
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Used-Very Good. Signed copy VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Signed by author on front free end paper; a very nice bright tidy copy in tight binding; dust jacket not price clipped, & protected in removable clear sleeve.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 287 p. Audience: General/trade. First edition, first printing. Fine/like new copy in fine/like new dust jacket with protective cover. Signed and dated by the author on the front end paper.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 157962118X. We consider each and every book we sell to be a treasure. That's why we provide accurate individualized condition descriptions; ship in sturdy protective packaging; and offer excellent customer service.; Black cover has pushed in spine caps and a couple small faint soil spots but overall in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Dust jacket has light shelf wear but clean, bright, and very good+. Publisher's price of $18.50 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a clear, acid-free mylar cover to preserve the DJ and add luster to magnify its beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of it's condition. ); 8.8 X 5.8 X 1.1 inches; 287 pages.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition first printing of the first novel by this author and in the Sam Acquillo series. In fine / fine condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 287 p. Audience: General/trade.
Great anti-hero series, a man who hardly recognizes the world he grew up in and tries to anesthize himself against it, but is pulled against his will into dealing with it - a world that, to his wealthy neighbors, is paradise itself.
The Hamptons makes a rich backdrop to the plight of a good man whose life has taken a wrong turn. Lots of good reading in this series!
