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Mortal Lock

Andrew Vachss

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English
Random House Inc
15 May 2013
A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL

A hit man stalks his mark at a race track. A sociopath crosses every moral boundary to become a published author. An ex-mercenary obsessively defends his ""perimeter"" from a dangerous interloper. A man for hire grudgingly accepts help from a teenage girl to track an online predator. In a dystopian future, young people struggle for survival underground, forming themselves into vicious gangs with only the graffiti of the ""last journalists"" accepted as truth. Andrew Vachss collects twenty tight, powerful stories-all from the past decade of his career, including some now published for the first time-along with an original screenplay. Together,they form Mortal Lock, a searing portrait ofthe criminal underworld,with bothits depravity andhumanity on display.
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Imprint:   Random House Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   312g
ISBN:   9780307950833
ISBN 10:   0307950832
Pages:   380
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many books include the Burke novels and two previous collections of short stories. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. He divides his time between his native New York City and the Pacific Northwest. <br>The dedicated website for Andrew Vachss and his work is www.vachss.com.

Reviews for Mortal Lock

A collection of white-hot short stories.... The baddest noir stylist of them all digs into his archives from the past 15 years and comes up with 20 visits to hell. -- Kirkus Reviews <br><br><br> Vachss's reverence for storytelling is evident in the blunt beauty of his language. -- Chicago Sun-Times <br><br> Vachss is a contemporary master. . . Decidedly hard-boiled, his prose is lean, tough-edged, and brittle. -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution <br><br> To read Andrews Vachss at his best is to take a ride on the dark side, where the plight of the oppressed and vulnerable . . . becomes the catalyst for revenge-fueled street justice. -- Los Angeles Times <br><br> Many writers try to cover the same ground as Vachss. A handful are as good. None are better. -- People <br> <br> Vachss's stories . . . burn with righteous rage and transfer a degree of that rage to the reader. -- The Washington Post Book World <br> <br> Writing in a style so sleekly engineered that it purrs when you pop the hood, Vachss gives us such a smooth ride that it's easy to forget someone is driving this thing. -- The New York Times Book Review <br> <br> Vachss is red-hot and as serious as a punctured lung. -- Playboy


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