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Shame the Devil

Shame the Devil

Shame the Devil
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Shame the Devil

by Pelecanos, George P

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ISBN 10
0316695238
ISBN 13
9780316695237
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 2000. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Light gray boards with a black, silver-stamped backstrip. 299pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is lightly rubbed; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".A stunning new hard-boiled thriller by the novelist GQ has called 'the coolest writer in America.'Shame the Devil is the profoundest kind of crime fiction, a story with a heart-stopping pace and the most evil killers this side of Elmore Leonard -- but with an eye on the hereafter and the real cost of violence. As it builds to a showdown worthy of Sam Peckinpah, Shame the Devil explores the very essence of human nature, the beliefs that give lives meaning, and what people do when they see those beliefs broken." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.

Synopsis

Shame the Devil is a 2000 crime novel written by George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington DC and focuses on a botched robbery and its consequences. It is the last of four books comprising the D.C. Quartet. The other books in this series are The Big Blowdown, King Suckerman, and The Sweet Forever.

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On Jul 23 2005, Morganbooks said:
"Frank Farrow is a natural-born killer. Roman Otis is a fine-looking crooner who does his killing on the side. On a hot D.C. afternoon Frank and Roman hit a pizza shop called May's. When the hit was over, four people were executed. A cop was shot. A boy was dead. And when the sirens stopped wailing and the killers vanished into the heat, dozens of lives were shattered forever. Now it's three years later, and Dimitri Karras, who lost a son, is starting to live again. But Dimitri's old acquaintance, a P.I. named Nick Stefanos, has just unburied the past--by discovering the killers' identity. Suddenly the second act of a crime story is about to be told."

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Title
Shame the Devil
Author
Pelecanos, George P
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
ISBN 10
0316695238
ISBN 13
9780316695237
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Place of Publication
New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published
2000
Keywords
STEFANOS NICK FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION WASHINGTON D C MYSTERY DETECTIVE HARD BOILED GEORGE P. PELECANOS SHAME THE DEVIL FIRST EDITIONS CRIME THRILLER SUSPENSE MURDER HOMICIDE DETECTIVES POLICE PROCEDURAL INVESTIGATORS
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