A Bomb Built in Hell - Wesley's Story

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Before Burke, Andrew Vachss created Wesley, the ultimate ice-man. A Bomb Built in Hell is Wesley's story. While doing time for manslaughter, Wesley meets prison boss Carmine Trentoni, an Old School gangster who no longer believes in the blood-oath he took years ago. Carmine's triple life sentence hasn't cut him off from all his outside sources-he has waited with the patience of stone for someone capable of absorbing his knowledge . . . and carrying out his sworn vengeance. Wesley emerges from prison as the perfect hit man: calculating, deadly, and ice-cold. He follows Carmine's instructions: locate "the last of us," one "Mr. Petraglia," then assassinate a Chinatown gang boss and a Mafia chief-both had overstepped their bounds. But then Wesley finds his own mission: As he begins to see the root of all he has learned to hate, he and a youth just out of reform school, known only as The Kid, begin to take out political targets. In a final burst of understanding, Wesley decides to leave The Kid behind. But not before he writes his own suicide note . . . in dynamite.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrew Vachss, Andrew H. Vachss, Vachss Andrew
• Verlag: Vintage USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 13.11.2012
• EAN: 9780307950857
• ISBN: 978-0-307-95085-7
• Seiten: 256
• Abmessung: 134 mm x 205 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung > Krimis, Thriller, Spionage; Kriminalromane und Mystery, Thriller / Spannung, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Thrillers / General, FICTION / Action & Adventure, Fiction - General