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ISBN: 0061766348

ISBN13: 9780061766343

Gutshot Straight

(Book #1 in the Shake Bouchon Series)

By George Arthur Holmes

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Book Overview

"Lou Berney's novel is so energetic, so droll, and so wheezingly funny that it accomplished what no book ever has before: it made me forget to eat lunch."--Stephen Harrigan, New York Times bestselling author of Challenger ParkA fast and funny caper in the tradition of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, and the Coen Brothers, Gutshot Straight brings a fresh new talent into the crime fiction fold: Louis Berney. He's already won raves for his short fiction collection The Road to Bobby Joe and Other Stories ("Rivals the work of contemporary hotshots T.C. Boyle and Ralph Lombreglia" --Chicago Tribune). With Gutshot Straight, Berney is "all in"--sure to win a fervent following with the story of "Shake" Bouchon, fresh out of prison and on the straight and narrow path...after maybe just one last job. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198200730

ISBN13:9780198200734

Release Date:May 1988

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:416 Pages

Weight:2.48 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 7.8" x 10.0"

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