Former marine and ex-con Jimmy Boone is tending bar on Hollywood Boulevard, keeping his nose clean until he figures out his next move. But when he agrees to back up a buddy and look into a young man's mysterious death, he is soon neck-deep in trouble again. As Boone learns more about this innocent who got involved with the wrong people, his investigation becomes a mission. Along the dangerous margins of Los Angeles, he encounters a homesick drug dealer, a stripper out for revenge, a dog-fighting ring, a beautiful ex-cop, a vicious crime boss and his crew, and a fortune in counterfeit bills.
| ISBN | 0316018791 | | Pages | 432 | | ISBN13 | 9780316018791
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 370 | | Publisher | Little, Brown & Company | | Published in | New York | | Imprint | Back Bay Books | | Height (mm) | 210 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 140 | | Publication date | 03 Jun 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 32 | | DEWEY | 813.6 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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"Lange is incapable of creating a character that isn't memorable. Even the most minor are indelibly sketched....Lange has a knack for miniature Southern California tableaux, those things that we notice out of the corner of our eyes....The zone where literary fiction meets genre fiction is a crowded borderland these days. With "This Wicked World, "Lange proves himself comfortable on both sides of the line."-- Los Angeles Times "Antoine Wilson "
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