The disappearing body
a novel
1st ed.
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Word Count
100,250 words, Guess
Page Count
401 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivedisappearingbody00gran
- ISBN-100385500343
- ISBN-139780385500340
- Library of Congress Control Number2001044292
- OCLC Control Number47665320
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780385500340
- Open LibraryOL3950969M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3557.R247 D5 2002
- LCCPS3557.R247D5 2001
Description
"When Victor Ribe, an ex-junkie and World War I veteran, is mysteriously released from prison after serving fifteen years for a murder he didn't commit, the city he returns to is heating up for another kind of war. Prohibition has been repealed and the underworld is developing a new source of profits - illegal heroin trafficking. Meanwhile, the city's legitimate industries are launching an offensive against unionization and the specter of Communism - and they're not above fighting dirty.". "When Victor's old Army buddy Freddy Stillman, a munitions salesman, reports a murder but can't explain why the body has disappeared, he unwittingly pulls himself and Victor into this bewildering swirl of corruption. It is a conspiracy that encompasses everyone - from a rising politician who may have just run into the end of his career to a young journalist driven as much by the nonstop energy of the Metro desk as she is by the mystery of her father's suicide - in the book's vast, noir cityscape."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction
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