Strega
A Burke Novel
$31.10
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
30 January 1996
Summary
Andrew Vachss’s implacable private eye has a new client, Strega. She wants Burke to find an obscene photograph—and that search will take him into the ocean that flows just beneath the city, an ocean whose currents are flesh and money, the anguish of children and the pleasure of twisted adults. It is a place that Burke can visit only at the risk of his sanity and his life. But between the power of Strega and his own sense of justice, there is no turning back.
In Strega, one of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679764090 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679764097 |
| Author: | Andrew Vachss |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 1996 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 132mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Burke Series |
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Critics Review
“So hard-boiled that it makes Mike Hammer and Sam Spade look like running yolks.” —Chicago Sun-Times
“An absolute stunner, the toughest crime novel, and one of the most realistic, any American writer has produced.” —The Cleveland Plain Dealer
“It’s wonderful. The words leap off the page. The plot is fresh. The principal character is original. The style is as clean as a haiku.” —The Washington Post Book World
“A bizarre, fast-paced tour of the criminal psyche…. Has a grim authenticity.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer
Andrew Vachss
Andrew Vachss’s many books include the Burke novels and two previous collections of short stories. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. He died in 2021.
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