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A fateful encounter with a married woman on the Long Island Railroad leads to disaster for middle class ad executive Charles Schine after a rendezvous at a sordid hotel leads to a brutal attack, blackmail, a would-be hitman, and murder.
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Grave, classical in form, unpretentious and earnest.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- James Siegel
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio, Tranzitkniga, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9781594832024
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“"The morning Charles met Lucinda, it took him several moments after he first opened his eyes to remember why he like keeping them closed."”
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