A World of Thieves: A Novel - Hardcover

Blake, James Carlos

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9780380977505: A World of Thieves: A Novel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0380977508 ISBN 13: 9780380977505

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 2002

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A powerful novel of suspense, set in 1928 New Orleans, follows Sonny LaSalle as he joins his uncles Buck and Russell, a pair of twin armed robbers, on numerous heists, and finds out the hard way that the life of an outlaw is not at all what he expected. by the author of Wildwood Boys.

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Review:

"An eminently readable novel." -- Fort Worth Star Telegram

"An eminently readable novel."--Fort Worth Star Telegram

"Blake puts the roar back into the Roaring Twenties."--Austin Chronicle

"Classic Blake, mixing violence with passion, the hardnose with the sensitive...No one out there does this better."--Denver Post

Classic Blake, mixing violence with passion, the hardnose with the sensitive...No one out there does this better. --Denver Post"

An eminently readable novel. --Fort Worth Star Telegram"

Blake puts the roar back into the Roaring Twenties. --Austin Chronicle"

About the Author:

James Carlos Blake is the author of nine novels. Among his literary honors are the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Southwest Book Award, Quarterly West Novella Prize, and Chautauqua South Book Award. He lives in Arizona.

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