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Summary: Great old-fashioned storytelling!
Review: This book is an obvious homage to the Gold Medal books of the 50's and a welcome return for those of us who yearn for those well-crafted tales of crime and criminals. But being Vachss you just know there's a twist. Vachss has written a wonderful tale of innocence and highlighted in his inimitable style the characters that would abuse and use that innocence for their own gain. Vachss can convey more with a few words than most writers can in chapters. The prose is precise and searing and moves at a break neck pace towards an ending worthy of all the accolades that have been heaped on the book to date. If you like a good story told with great style, you can't go wrong with this book. Highly recommended reading!
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Summary: Pulls No Punches...
Review: This short novel offering from world renowned author Andrew Vachss is sure to please the reader of "hard boiled" crime fiction. Direct and to the point (as most Vachss offerings are)this "novella" is a proverbial page turner. I felt like a kid as I delved into this story. Wait...no I didn't say kid...well read the book and you'll know what I 'm talking about,
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Summary: a dark gem
Review: Up until now, I've not been a Vachss fan, since I have usually found his Burke novels to be too over-the-top. But after reading The Getaway Man, I may have to reconsider. What the Getaway Man displays is an author who knows his genre. (My 5 stars is based upon a genre homerun -- The Getaway Man ain't Anna Karenina, but for what it is, it delivers.) No need to go too much into plot and character, since so many have done so already. One comment however, Eddie is probably one of the more memorable crime-novel voices you will run across, right up there with Jim Thompson's Lou Ford -- though Eddie isn't evil, just sweetly loyal, up to a tragic point. With Vonda, his one strength in a hard world is turned against him. Probably the closest thing I've read to a Thompson novel, without being written by the master. There's no higher praise.
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Summary: a dark gem
Review: Up until now, I've not been a Vachss fan, since I have usually found his Burke novels to be too over-the-top. But after reading The Getaway Man, I may have to reconsider. What the Getaway Man displays is an author who knows his genre. (My 5 stars is based upon a genre homerun -- The Getaway Man ain't Anna Karenina, but for what it is, it delivers.) No need to go too much into plot and character, since so many have done so already. One comment however, Eddie is probably one of the more memorable crime-novel voices you will run across, right up there with Jim Thompson's Lou Ford -- though Eddie isn't evil, just sweetly loyal, up to a tragic point. With Vonda, his one strength in a hard world is turned against him. Probably the closest thing I've read to a Thompson novel, without being written by the master. There's no higher praise.
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Summary: Well Worth Your Time
Review: You just can't go wrong with Vachss. This tightly woven noir novel drags you into its world quickly and won't let you go. Vachss is a master of drawing seemingly round characters with only a few quick strokes, then immersing them in an action-filled story that keeps you guessing. Although this book less openly didactic than the Burke series, its ethical foundation is no less solid and no less clear than that of his other works. If you haven't read Vachss before, this is a fine place to start--a quick read that reveals his terse yet gripping style and uncompromising honesty. If you are a fan of Vachss, this one won't let you down.
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