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Two Trains Running

Andrew Vachss

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English
Vintage
06 June 2006
In his most original and compelling book yet, Andrew Vachss presents an electrifying tale of corruption in a devastated mill town. It is 1959--a moment in history when the clandestine, powerful forces that will shape America to the present day are about to collide.

Walker Dett is a hired gun, known for using the most extreme measures toaccomplish his missions. Royal Beaumont is the ""hillbilly boss""who turned Locke City from a dying town into a thriving vice capital. But organized crime outsiders are moving in onBeaumont's turf,so he reaches out forDett in a high-risk move to maintain his power at all costs. Adda rival Irish political machine, a deeply entrenched neo-Nazi ""party"", the nascent black power movement, turf-disputing juvenile gangs, a muck-raking journalist who doubles as a blackmailer, the FBI--a covertobserver and occasional participantwhich may itself be under surveillance-- and Locke City is about as stable as anitroglycerintruck stalled on the railroad tracks.
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 133mm,  Spine: 26mm
Weight:   338g
ISBN:   9781400079384
ISBN 10:   1400079381
Pages:   447
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Two Trains Running

Gripping. . . . It begins in the clipped, tough-guy manner of Dashiell Hammett . . . but by the end it enters a strange . . . twilight zone all its own. --The Wall Street Journal Ambitious, expansive. . . . Walker Dett [is] a superb creation. --Entertainment Weekly A sprawling epic. . . . A raw portrait of a volatile era. --Philadelphia City Paper If you're craving a midsummer mystery . . . Andrew Vachss has something special for you�a dark, violent and even weird tale. . . . The plot . . . zips ahead with the speed of one of those dangerously overpowered late-1950s Oldsmobile 88s. . . . The bits and pieces cut back and forth among the characters, like a fast-paced movie. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch


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