Down Here

Many writers try to cover the same ground as Vachss. A handful are as good. None are better. - People <br> His greatest literary accomplishment to date and his most powerful statement yet on the choice between good and evil. -- The Jackson Sun <br> Starting a Vachss novel is like putting a vial of nitroglycerin into your pocket and going for a jog. You just know things are going to get interesting. Usually sooner rather than later. - Rocky Mountain News <br> Vachss's writing is like a dark rollercoaster ride of fear, love and hate. - The New-Orleans Times-Picayune <br> Vachss's writing remains raw and hungry, with an epidermis of rage barely containing an infinite core of sadness. - The Seattle Times <br> Sheer narrative drive is only part of what has kept readers coming back for more. . . . [Burke] is a hero of our times . . . lord of the asphalt jungle. -- Washington Post Book World <br> Vachss's style is personal, laconic, shaded and, of course, creepy. If you like hard-boiled punk narrative, this is a read for you. -- Los Angeles Times Book Review <br> The Burke books make the noir-film genre look practically pastel. . . . The plot-driven stories churn with energy and a memorable gallery of the walking wounded. -- The Philadelphia Inquirer<br> <br> There's no way to put a [Vachss book] down once you've begun. . . . The plot hooks are engaging and the one-liners pierce like bullets. -- Detroit Free Press<br> <br> Andrew Vachss continues to write the most provocative novels around. . . . It is difficult to write about a burning social issue and still keep the story at white heat, but Andrew Vachss does it seamlessly. --Martha Grimes <br> The New York Burke inhabits is not borrowed from anybody and shimmers on the page as gaudily and scarily as it does on the streets. -- New York magazine <br> Down Here is tautly written...ultimately triumphant. Burke is the uncrowned king of the lawless good guys, and Down Here wil