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The man who killed
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- ISBN: 9781553655695 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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263 p. ; 22 cm. - Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 2011.
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| Subject: | Gangsters -- Fiction Prohibition -- History -- Fiction Montréal (Québec) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Mystery fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Terrace Public Library | Nix (Text) | 35151000230656 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
In 1926 Montreal, Mick, down on his luck, accepts a job riding shotgun in a truck running booze across the border, a new line of employment that draws him into a world of trouble where he does bad things for money and for the woman he loves. - Baker & Taylor
In 1926 Montreal, Mick, down on his luck, accepts a job riding shotgun in a truck running booze across the border--a new line of employment that draws him into a world of trouble where he does bad things for money--and for the woman he loves. Original. - Perseus PublishingNominated for an Arthur Ellis Award by the Crime Writers of Canada
Montreal, 1926. Mick is down on his luck until an old pal offers him a loaded revolver and a job: riding shotgun in a truck running booze across the border. Stateside Prohibition has opened up a market for certain amusements, vicious or otherwise. Mick takes the job?and his problems begin.
Through his old friend Jack, Mick falls deeper into the life of the small-time tough. From whorehouse to gentlemenâs club, through back alleys and deluxe hotels, jazz joints, opium dens, baseball diamonds, cheap diners and anywhere trouble is to be found, Mick burns his way through the City of Two Solitudes. Other people are in town for their own reasons. Babe Ruthâs here; Harry Houdini, too.
The Man Who Killed is a tale of political corruption and crime, of sexual jealousy and heartbreak, a portrait of a city after last call, of smoke-filled saloons and gunfire in the night. Shot through with dark humour and strange pathos, this is a novel of two friends who do bad things mostly for money, sometimes for fun, and the women they love.
