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Heywood Gould Double Bang
Simon & Schuster 0671618865 / 9780671618865 Hardcover Good
0671618865 0671618865 Remainder mark on bottom edge. From Publishers WeeklyWhen 500 designer suits are stolen from a Pierre Cardin showroom, detectives Vinnie Crow and Billie Benson, two veteran and none-too-scrupulous New York cops, discover that the mastermind behind the robbery is "Sally" Fish, garment district button-man and nephew of Mafia boss Frankie Carbonaro. The detectives squeeze Sally, and he puts them on his payroll. All might have been well with the ensuing business transactions were Sally not a megalomaniac, whose brains are further scrambled by excessive toots of cocaine. He embarks on a murder spree that makes him the focus of a massive federal and city investigation and the ire of his old-line mob superiors. Gould, whose Fort Apache, the Bronx was the basis of the movie, is up to the mark in the new thriller. This astringent, fast-paced narrative keeps the reader right on the edge. Gould has a keen ear for metropolitan vernacular, and his characters are sharply drawn and pleasingly quirky. Wise-guy cynics, most of them, they can't save themselvesno matter how knowing they think they areand that goes for the good guys as well as the bad.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalDrugs, sex, and violence in the garment district of New York City. Crooked but sympathetic detective Billy Benson, about to be suspended, vows to find the hitman who killed his equally crooked, rough-and-tumble partner, Vinnie Crow. The crooked pair generally did creditable police work, though. Soon hot on the trail of district racketeer Sal Pescatore, Benson saves a misguided psychotherapist, comforts Vinnie's widow Carmela, and confronts the hitman. Detective jargon contributes to the realistic tone of this gripping thriller by Gould ( Fort Apache, the Bronx). REKCopyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Heywood Gould Double Bang
Simon & Schuster 0671618865 / 9780671618865 Hardcover Very Good
0671618865 0671618865 Hardcover. VG. Clean, tight and unmarked. Sun fading to dustjacket spine. From Publishers WeeklyWhen 500 designer suits are stolen from a Pierre Cardin showroom, detectives Vinnie Crow and Billie Benson, two veteran and none-too-scrupulous New York cops, discover that the mastermind behind the robbery is "Sally" Fish, garment district button-man and nephew of Mafia boss Frankie Carbonaro. The detectives squeeze Sally, and he puts them on his payroll. All might have been well with the ensuing business transactions were Sally not a megalomaniac, whose brains are further scrambled by excessive toots of cocaine. He embarks on a murder spree that makes him the focus of a massive federal and city investigation and the ire of his old-line mob superiors. Gould, whose Fort Apache, the Bronx was the basis of the movie, is up to the mark in the new thriller. This astringent, fast-paced narrative keeps the reader right on the edge. Gould has a keen ear for metropolitan vernacular, and his characters are sharply drawn and pleasingly quirky. Wise-guy cynics, most of them, they can't save themselvesno matter how knowing they think they areand that goes for the good guys as well as the bad.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalDrugs, sex, and violence in the garment district of New York City. Crooked but sympathetic detective Billy Benson, about to be suspended, vows to find the hitman who killed his equally crooked, rough-and-tumble partner, Vinnie Crow. The crooked pair generally did creditable police work, though. Soon hot on the trail of district racketeer Sal Pescatore, Benson saves a misguided psychotherapist, comforts Vinnie's widow Carmela, and confronts the hitman. Detective jargon contributes to the realistic tone of this gripping thriller by Gould ( Fort Apache, the Bronx). REK
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