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Smalltime / Jerry Raine.
LIBRA PR6068.A3135 S63 1996
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raine, Jerry, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Young adults--England--London--Fiction.
- Young adults.
- England--London.
- Mugging--England--London--Fiction.
- Mugging.
- Criminals--England--London--Fiction.
- Criminals.
- London (England)--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- London (England).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 184 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloodlines ; Chester Springs, PA : U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions, 1996.
- Summary:
- A taut, psychological crime thriller in the Bloodlines series
- "Carries the authentic whiff of sleazy nineties Britain. Raine vividly captures the world of stunted ambitions and their evil consequences". -- Simon Brett, author of the Charles Paris series
- Chris is an ordinary guy working in one of Britain's off-license liquor stores in suburban England and living in the local YMCA. Both are just stop-gap measures...at least that's what he tells himself. Then one day Chris is mugged taking the shop's money to the bank, and his life is suddenly turned upside down. As he sets out to unravel the identity of his attacker, he is drawn into the dangerous underworld of London, while at the same time trying to make up his mind about the attentions of three women. In this remarkable first novel, Jerry Raine shows just how easily curiosity can turn into fear amid the horrors, despair, and despondency of life lived a little too near the edge.
- Notes:
- "A paperback original"--T.p. verso.
- Distributor from label on t.p.
- ISBN:
- 1899344136
- OCLC:
- 36259512
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