False Allegations
A Burke Novel
$32.13
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
28 October 1997
Summary
Burke–ex-con, mercenary, sometime killer–makes his living preying on New York’s most vicious predators and avenging their innocent victims. But in Andrew Vachss’s mercilessly suspenseful new novel, Burke finds himself working the other side of the street, where guilt and innocence are as disposable as the sheets in a Times Square hotel–and as dirty.
Burke’s new employer is Kite, a fanatical crusader who specializes in debunking “false allegations” of child sexual abuse. Kite has a cas…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679772934 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679772936 |
| Author: | Andrew Vachss |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 1997 |
| Weight: | 259g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 132mm x 202mm |
| Series: | Burke Series |
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Critics Review
“In the first rank of American crime writers… . Next to Vachss, Chandler, Cain and Hammett look like choirboys.”
“In the first rank of American crime writers… . Next to Vachss, Chandler, Cain and Hammett look like choirboys.”
-Cleveland Plain Dealer
“Burke is the toughest talking first-person narrator since Mike Hammer.”
-Los Angeles Times
“Vachss … writes hypnotically violent prose.”
-Chicago Sun-Times
“Burke prowls the city with a seething, angry, almost psychotic voice appropriate to the devils he deals with.”-Chicago Tribune
Andrew Vachss
Andrew Vachss’s many books include the Burke novels and two previous collections of short stories. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. He died in 2021.
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