THE HARD EDGE
by DeStefano, Tony
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0532153294
- ISBN 13
- 9780532153290
- Seller
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Sacramento, California, United States
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About This Item
Manor Books, 1978 Adventure paperback book. Cover is painting of Charles Bronson by George Gross (see scan) Condition is good. Has moderate creases on spine and slant to spine. crease on front hinge, crease across corner of front lower corner cover, other corners bumped, moderate edge wear, with some chipping, no stamp or writing, pages tight and clean with some aging, heavy tanning inside front and back cover,.......WRAPPED IN PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK.........We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books, please contact us for more information**...... SUMMARY - ANTHONY "THE MEDIATOR" LAMENTE, the aging independent mobster whose empire was secure until threatened by the Halstead gang.....JOSEPH "CRAZY JOE" LAMENTE, Anthony's son, just out of prison exploding with ambition! His purposes were clear. To murder Donald Halstead, the man responsible for his prison term, and to re-establish the Lamente family as a major power. To assist him he has Moses Blackstone, a rising figure in the Black Mafia, whom he meets in jail...... MOSES BACKSTONE, a vicious knife-fighter raised on the streets of Harlem. From impoverished junkie, he rose to become the most feared racketeer in the Black community, After saving Joey's life in prison, the Black brute fonds himself offered a job with the Lamente family.....DONALD HALSTEAD, the Irish racketeer who lost territories to the Lamente family during the war that sent Joey to prison. He and his sons swore to level the Lamente empire one day. They were growing strong and waiting for their moment.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mirror Image Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103122002
- Title
- THE HARD EDGE
- Author
- DeStefano, Tony
- Illustrator
- Gross, George - cover painting
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0532153294
- ISBN 13
- 9780532153290
- Publisher
- Manor Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York. Usa.
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- FICTION ADVENTURE MAFIA WAR RACKETEER MURDER CHARLES BRONSON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Adventure;
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