A Bomb Built in Hell

Wesley'S Story

Andrew Vachss

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English

Vintage Books
13 November 2012

Fiction & Literature; Thriller & suspense

While doing time for manslaughter, Wesley meets prison boss Carmine Trentoni, an Old School gangster who no longer believes in the blood-oath he took years ago. Carmine's triple life sentence hasn't cut him off from all his outside sources - he has waited with the patience of stone for someone capable of absorbing his knowledge... and carrying out his sworn vengeance. Wesley emerges from prison as the perfect hit man: calculating, deadly, and ice-cold. He follows Carmine's instructions: locate the last of us, one Mr Petraglia, then assassinate a Chinatown gang boss and a Mafia chief - both had overstepped their bounds. But then Wesley finds his own mission. As he begins to see the root of all he has learned to hate, he and a youth just out of reform school, known only as The Kid, begin to take out political targets. In a final burst of understanding, Wesley decides to leave The Kid behind. But not before he writes his own suicide note... in dynamite.

By: Andrew Vachss
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 255g
ISBN: 9780307950857
ISBN 10: 0307950859
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 13 November 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for A Bomb Built in Hell: Wesley'S Story

Vachss doesn't sugarcoat things in this brutal, detailed piece of work, but that's what makes it fascinating. Vachss' fans will love this example of the author's early writing, which predates his Burke books by several years. Rejected by publishers decades ago due to its high level of violence, the years have not diminished its impact. -Mystery Scene History has caught up to Wesley's bleak odyssey, repeatedly rejected for publication decades ago but now unnervingly prescient. -Kirkus Reviews A Bomb Built in Hell presages motifs Vachss employed in the Burke novels, but even crime fans unfamiliar with Burke can relish it. Wesley is utterly remorseless, and the story is told in the coldest and sparest of prose. -Booklist