Mask Market

Zusatztext “Andrew Vachss is a contemporary master.” — The Atlanta Journal – Constitution “Many writers try to cover the same ground as Vachss. A handful are as good. None are better.” — People “Vachss’s reverence for storytelling is evident in the blunt beauty of his language.” — Chicago Sun – Times “The books of Andrew Vachss are much more than great entertainment. They are a fierce crusade for all victims who can’t fight back! especially the imperiled children to whom Vachss has devoted his considerable talent and his life.” —Carl Hiaasen “Vachss is in the first rank of American crime writers.” — The Plain Dealer “There’s no way to put a [Vachss book] down once you’ve begun . . . The plot hooks are engaging and the one–liners pierce like bullets.” — Detroit Free Press “The best detective fiction being written . . . Add a stinging social commentary [and] a Celinesque journey into darkness! and we have an Andrew Vachss! one of our most important writers.” —Martha Grimes “The New York Burke inhabits is not borrowed from anybody and shimmers on the page as gaudily and scarily as it does on the streets.” — New York magazine 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 They meet in a no-name diner. A shadowy man hands Burke a CD dossier of someone he wants found. Minutes later, as Burke watches from an alley, his client is gunned down by a professional hunter-killer team. Burke slips away, unsure if he's been spotted. Later, when he examines the dossier, he discovers that the missing woman is Beryl Preston, a girl he'd rescued from a brutal pimp twenty years earlier—when she was only thirteen—and returned to her father. Now he has to find her again—not only because she might be in danger, but also because he has to prove to himself that his rescue mission hadn't been financed by a predator who wanted his "property” returned. His search will force him to confront a new kind of human ugliness and, finally, to practice the survivalist triage that has marked—and cursed—his life since childhood. In Mask Market, Burke the outlaw investigator finds himself searching for the truth: not only about a girl named Beryl, but also about himself. This is classic Burke: dark, dangerous, and galvanizing, from the opening scene to the explosive climax.I’m not the client,” the ferret seated across from me said. He was as thin as a garrote, with a library-paste complexion, the facial skin surrounding his veined-quartz eyes as papery as dried flowers. He was always room temperature. “You know me, Burke. I only work the middle.” “I don’t know you,” I lied. “You knew—you say you knew—my brother. But if you did—” “Yeah, I know he’s gone,” the ferret said, meeting my eyes, the way you do when you’ve got nothing to hide. With him, it was an invitation to search an empty room. “But you’ve got the same name, right? He never had any first name that I knew; so what would I call you, I meet you for the first time?” It’s impossible to actually look into my eyes, because you have to do it one at a time. One eye is a lot lighter than the other, and they don’t track together anymore. A few years ago, I was tricked into an ambush. The crossfire cost me my looks, and my partner her life. I mourn her every day—the hollow blue heart tattooed between the last two knuckles of my right hand is Pansy’s tombstone—but I don’t miss my face. True, it was a lot more anonymous than the one I’ve got now. Back then, I was a walking John Doe: average height, average weight . . . generic lineup fill...

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Andrew Vachss is a contemporary master.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Many writers try to cover the same ground as Vachss. A handful are as good. None are better.
People

Vachss s reverence for storytelling is evident in the blunt beauty of his language.
Chicago Sun Times

The books of Andrew Vachss are much more than great entertainment. They are a fierce crusade for all victims who can t fight back, especially the imperiled children to whom Vachss has devoted his considerable talent and his life.
Carl Hiaasen

Vachss is in the first rank of American crime writers.
The Plain Dealer

There s no way to put a [Vachss book] down once you ve begun . . . The plot hooks are engaging and the one liners pierce like bullets.
Detroit Free Press

The best detective fiction being written . . . Add a stinging social commentary [and] a Celinesque journey into darkness, and we have an Andrew Vachss, one of our most important writers.
Martha Grimes

The New York Burke inhabits is not borrowed from anybody and shimmers on the page as gaudily and scarily as it does on the streets.
New York magazine

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Vachss, Andrew H. Vachss
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2008
• EAN: 9780307454812
• ISBN: 978-0-307-45481-2
• No. of pages: 241
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS; Vintage crime/Black Lizard; A Burke Novel; Burke Novels (Paperback); Burke Series; Vintage crime/Black Lizard; Burke Series; A Burke Novel; Burke
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense