Dead Man's Ticket by Peter Trower - 1996-08-19

Harbour Publishing Company, Limited, 1996. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Harbour Publishing, 1996. First Canadian. Trade Paperback. Like New, slight wear to cover.

Madeira Park, BC, Canada: Harbour Publishing, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very good condition, some shelf rubbing present, aside from a couple instances of dog earring, the text inside appears clean and clear throughout. 'BC's favourite bush poet unwraps his second novel, a noirish mystery tour through unfamiliar and dangerous terrain. Dead Man's Ticket is part logger's story, part thriller, and all page-turner: Terry Belshaw, the protagonist of Trower's acclaimed first novel Grogan's Cafe, makes his way through the seamy world of Vancouver's tenderloin district of the 1950s. He rubs shoulders with heroin junkies and zoot-suited hoodlums, whose hip jargon and shady activities fascinate him. When his best friend Frankie drops dead surprisingly, Belshaw is determined to uncover the truth about his buddy's death, but first he has to put in time at a logging camp in Frankie's place - on an unlucky dead… Read More

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour, 1996. 237 pages. Inscribed by author on the half-title page "For ___, Really nice to see you again. Enjoyed reading here with Al. Like to to it again. All my very best, Peter Trower". "Al" being Al Purdy.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Near Fine Plus..

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.