2001, ISBN: 9780345440181

New York U. S. A.: Ballantine Books. New in New dust jacket 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Marfree, acidfree Fine 1stEd in unclipped shiny dj - both Gift Qual; no names, not marked-in, … More...

New York U. S. A.: Ballantine Books. New in New dust jacket 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Marfree, acidfree Fine 1stEd in unclipped shiny dj - both Gift Qual; no names, not marked-in, underscored, clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours.; 0.85 x 7.24 x 6.58 Inches; 217 pages; Knockout Noir, Jan 10, 2001By Ms. Nancy F. Jones (Milwaukee, WI USA) - I have to love a writer who can tell a great story in under 300 pages. And make no mistake, this is a great story. Mean, lowdown and dirty, with a cast of characters who have not one redeeming quality between them. It all takes place in Wichita on Christmas Eve in 1979. Charlie is a shady lawyer who, with his partner, Vic, has stolen enough money from their mob connected boss to leave town and start a new, better life. While Charlie waits to hook up with his partner, who has the money, and to catch his plane, he wanders aimlessly around town in a snowstorm, visiting the strip clubs owned by his boss, drinking too much, and visiting his angry ex-wife and the children he has always neglected. Phillips captures the lonely, dreary lives of the strippers, drunks and employees of the seedy clubs and bars still open on a snowy Christmas Eve. There's an incriminating photo, a package full of money, and lots of double dealing. Charlie is a man who has some good intentions and impulses, but generally manages to overcome them. It's a violent book, funny and ironic, too. Phillips creates an atmospheric world of lonliness, brutality and sleaze. It's a stunning debut. I can't wait for the follow-up. ., Ballantine Books, 2000<

1979, ISBN: 9780345440181

Loaded guns, ladies of the night, broken neon, broken dreams. Here is a world that is immediately recognizable--through a shot glass at three A.M. This is life with rough edges, in a nove… More...

Loaded guns, ladies of the night, broken neon, broken dreams. Here is a world that is immediately recognizable--through a shot glass at three A.M. This is life with rough edges, in a novel that gives you the straight goods--point blank-- one cold, snowbound Christmas Eve in Kansas. One single night, defined in shadings of black and white, when everything changes. . . . For most, the city is closing up. For a few outsiders, this night, Christmas Eve 1979, is just beginning. Charlie Arglist is a lawyer saying goodbye to Wichita by revisiting the landscape of his used up life: the cold stare of his angry ex-wife, the empty strip clubs and bars where loneliness turns a profit, the frozen glare of ex-lovers and cops long snuggled in his deep pockets. Club owner Renata, an elegant dish in a smoky dive, dreams of financial prosperity and holds a single frame of a stolen film that could help her achieve them. And there's Vic. He's got a reputation, a bad temper, and a secret worth half a million dollars. Not to mention a knack for bringing people together . . . for the last time. Before the night is over, the decisions they face and the choices they make will irrevocably alter the course of their lives--if they can live long enough to see Christmas Day sunrise. Media >, [PU: Ballantine Books]<

2000, ISBN: 0345440188

Hardcover, First edition

[EAN: 9780345440181], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.], NOIR, Fiction|Legal, Fiction|Mystery & Detective|General, Fiction|Mystery & Det… More...

[EAN: 9780345440181], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.], NOIR, Fiction|Legal, Fiction|Mystery & Detective|General, Fiction|Mystery & Detective|Hard-Boiled, Fiction|Mystery & Detective|Suspense, Jacket, Binding is clean and tight w/ sharp corners; pronounced slant; bumped at the tail and slightly at the head of the spine; dust jkt is clean and bright w/ no tears, stains or wrinkles; not price clipped or remaindered. Brutally dark noir on Christmas Eve 1997. A classic. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE W/ AUTHOR'S SKETCH OF A MELTING ICE CUBE. Wrapped in Brodart mylar, carefully packaged and shipped in a box., Books<

2000, ISBN: 9780345440181

New York. 2000. November 2000. Ballantine Books. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. ISBN:0345440188. 217 pages. hardcover. Cover illustration by Phil Heffernan. FROM THE PUBLISHER - L… More...

New York. 2000. November 2000. Ballantine Books. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. ISBN:0345440188. 217 pages. hardcover. Cover illustration by Phil Heffernan. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Lawyer Charlie Arglist is looking to say goodbye to Wichita by revisiting the landscape of his used-up life. Yet before the sun rises, before he can leave town with a suitcase of stolen money, Charlie's ultimate scam explodes, uncovering a world full of twists that offers no mercy and allows few survivors. inventory #34068 ISBN: 0345440188., 0<

2000, ISBN: 9780345440181

New York:: Ballantine,, (2000). Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Phillips first novel - a black comic noir thriller set in the world of sleazy Wichita strip clubs on Christmas… More...

New York:: Ballantine,, (2000). Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Phillips first novel - a black comic noir thriller set in the world of sleazy Wichita strip clubs on Christmas Eve 1979. Nominated for the Edgar Best First Novel and for the Hammett award. Basis for the film of the same name. 217 pp., Ballantine,<