Crooked Little Vein

Burned-out private dick Michael McGill needs to jump-start his career. What he gets instead is a cattle prod to the crotch. The president''s heroin-addicted chief of staff wants McGill to find the Constitution--the real one the Founding Fathers secretly devised for the time of gravest crisis. And with God, civility, and Mom''s homemade apple pie already dead or dying, that time is now. But McGill has a talent for stumbling into every imaginable depravity--and this case is driving him even deeper into America''s darkest, dankest underbelly, toward obscenities that boggle even his mind.

About the author

Warren Ellis is one of the most prolific, read, and admired graphic novelists in the world and the creator of Transmetropolitan and The Authority. He lives in southern England with his partner, Niki, and their daughter, Lilith. He never sleeps.

Summary

Burned-out private dick Michael McGill needs to jump-start his career. What he gets instead is a cattle prod to the crotch. The president's heroin-addicted chief of staff wants McGill to find the Constitution—the real one the Founding Fathers secretly devised for the time of gravest crisis. And with God, civility, and Mom's homemade apple pie already dead or dying, that time is now. But McGill has a talent for stumbling into every imaginable depravity—and this case is driving him even deeper into America's darkest, dankest underbelly, toward obscenities that boggle even his mind.

Product details

• Authors: Warren Ellis, Ellis Warren
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.07.2008
• EAN: 9780061252051
• ISBN: 978-0-06-125205-1
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 180 mm x 20 mm
• Series: P.S.
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: Politics, Satirical fiction and parodies, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: General, FICTION: Science Fiction / General, FICTION: Crime, FICTION: Absurdist *, FICTION: Humorous / General, FICTION: Fantasy / Humorous, FICTION: Horror, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators