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Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In this striking debut from the author of the National Book Award winner Paris Trout, Pete Dexter chronicles a murder and its consequences in the fictional blue-collar Philadelphia neighborhood of Gods Pocket. Leon Hubbard makes other men nervous, talking to himself or anyone who will listen about the things hes cut with his straight razor. So when he crosses the wrong guy on a South Philly construction site and winds up with his head...
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
When Jake Crabtree, a luckless and lazy prospector, comes out of wintertime hibernation -- a time when Jake goes on one long alcoholic binge -- he discovers that his partner, Doc McNair, has died. In digging the doc's grave, Jake hits a rich vein. And when the news hits the papers, poor Jake finds himself surrounded by masses of people itching to rob him of his gold.
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