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Born Bad [A Burke Novel] [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
eBook by Andrew Vachss
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eBook Category: Suspense/Thriller/Mystery/Crime
eBook Description:   From a writer whose novels have been acclaimed for their unflinching exploration of evil comes a brilliant collection of short stories--some never before published--that distill dread back down to its essence--and inject it straight into the reader's back brain. Andrew Vachss might have scissored his characters from today's headlines: a stalker prowling an anonymous high-rise; a serial killer whose transgressions reflect a childhood of hideous abuse; an inner-city gunman who is willing to take out a block full of victims in order to win a moment of acceptance.Tautly written and endowed with a murderous ironic spin, Born Bad plunges us into the hell that lies just outside our bedroom windows.
eBook Publisher: Random House, Inc./Vintage, Published: 2001
Fictionwise Release Date: June 2002
This eBook is part of the following series:
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Available eBook Formats [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe - What's this?]: SECURE MOBIPOCKET FORMAT [406 KB], SECURE MICROSOFT READER FORMAT [238 KB] - Requires Microsoft Reader 2.1.1 for PCs, or Microsoft Reader 2.2.2 on Pocket PC 2002 handheld devices. Some older Pocket PCs can be upgraded. Learn More., SECURE EREADER (RECOMMENDED) FORMAT [269 KB], SECURE ADOBE FORMAT [1.4 MB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [522 KB]
Words: 90000
Reading time: 257-360 min.
Secure Adobe: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
Microsoft Reader ISBN: 9780375719097
Adobe Reader ISBN: 9780375719097
Mobipocket Reader ISBN: 9780375719097
eReader ISBN: 9780375719097
GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTIONS: Available to customers in: US What's this?
 
"Vachss seems bottomlessly knowledgeable about the depth and variety of human twistedness."--The New York Times
"We are taken not simply into the mean streets but into a subterranean nightmare world. A place as compelling and morally challenging as any to be found in the best crime fiction today."--The Washington Post Book World "[Vachss is] able to wring edginess from his portrayal of a society hovering beneath the radar."--The Village Voice
Introduction Writing short stories is like fighting in a real small ring: whatever your style, you have to get busy quick. It's easier to make mistakes, and it costs more if you do. If you're looking for a Chandler clone, save your money. If you think "noir" is French for "dark meaninglessness," move on. If your idea of a good time is vigilante slasher-splatter porn, pass. Those interested in labels will find justification for everything from hardboiled to horror. Some of the pieces concern a mercenary named Cross, soon, if my plans work out, to invade the paperback market. Some are stage plays, others are works-in-progress. Some have been previously published in a wide variety of forums. Others are original to this collection. Most are first-person narratives, some from ground zero and some -- the "Underground" series -- from below that. I'll spare you self-congratulatory adjectives. Writing isn't my work, it's an organic extension of that work. I may not be a good writer, but I write for a good reason. And if that reason isn't apparent by the time you've finished this collection, I didn't get the job done. Copyright © 1994 by Andrew Vachss
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