- Fiction, Suspense, Fiction, thrillers, suspense
Edgar award-winning author of the popular historical novels A Conspiracy of Paper and A Spectacle of Corruption, David Liss showcases his amazing versatility with this brilliant new tale of contemporary suspense: a literary thriller set in Florida, where killing is a matter of conscience.No one is more surprised than Lem Altick when it turns out he's actually good at peddling encyclopedias door to door.
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Contemporary, classical in form, plot-driven and relentless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- David Liss
- First published
- February 28, 2006
- Pages
- 332
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books, Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780812974546
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