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Synopsis
His name is John, though some call him Ghost, or nothing at all. He's a killer, a loner, protected from the world by the hard armour of cynicism and bitter indifference. Then he meets Shella, a strip-dancer and the first person to see behind his steely mask. By the author of "Sacrifice".
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Review
"A noir archetype as bare as unfinished furniture. The plot...has been sanded down into a taut monofilament... The prose in Shella is boiled to the bone." --Village Voice
"Vachss tells his story in an understated shorthand.... He seems bottomlessly knowledgeable...about the depth and variety of human twistedness." --The New York Times
About the Author
Andrew Vachss, an attorney in private practice specializing in juvenile justice and child abuse, is the country s best recognized and most widely sought after spokesperson on crimes against children. He is also a bestselling novelist and short story writer, whose works include Flood (1985), the novel which first introduced Vachss series character Burke, Strega (1987), Choice of Evil (1999), and Dead and Gone (2000). His short stories have appeared in "Esquire," "Playboy," and "The Observer," and he is a contributor to "ABA Journal," "Journal of Psychohistory," "New England Law Review," "The New York Times," and "Parade."
Vachss has worked as a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a caseworker in New York, and a professional organizer. He was the director of an urban migrants re-entry center in Chicago and another for ex-cons in Boston. After managing a maximum-security prison for violent juvenile offenders, he published his first book, a textbook, about the experience. He was also deeply involved in the relief effort in Biafra, now Nigeria.
For ten years, Vachss law practice combined criminal defense with child protection, until, with the success of his novels, it segued exclusively into the latter, which is his passion. Vachss calls the child protective movement a war, and considers his writing as powerful a weapon as his litigation."
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0333601831
- ISBN 13 9780333601839
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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