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A delicious, darkly comic work of new urban noir from an original new literary talent. Meet Virgil Strauss, a physically and emotionally unkempt yet somehow appealing tabloid photographer whose passion is bearing photographic witness--à la Weegee--to the obscene, malevolent and sanguine viscera of New York culture. To his disapppointment and defeat, The New York Graphic--the city's most renowned shock-based tabloid daily--has routinely rejected Virgil's work. But when Virgil and his friend Larry Onions rip off a local church, he gets the picture of a lifetime, a job at the Graphic, and a generous measure of trouble, leading to serious indiscretions that include (but aren't limited to): grave robbing, straining his neighbor's dog's feces for an inadvertently consumed diamond, widely circulating the work of a renowned "art terrorist," and being an FBI informant in a serial bombing case. Helping Virgil through his hard times is Marcy, HIV-positive porn-star girlfriend, whose wispy, hardened, tragic strength brings tenderness and humanity to Virgil's cold-blooded reality. New York Graphic is a winningly fresh contribution to the noir genre: alternately hilarious, vulgar, touching, seriously disturbed--and a delightfully heady reading.
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"For those who like their comedy very black, a brilliantly scabrous portrait of urban life." --The Bookseller "A compulsively readable debut."--Publishing Weekly "Well-written, bursting with panache, [New York Graphic] should probably carry a public health warning. Read and enjoy."--The Tangled Web "A disturbing and dazzlingly assured achievement."--The Observer (London) "You will be helplessly hooked by [New York Graphic].... Sick, cynical, and rather wonderful" ----Time Out London
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The son of a vicar, ADAM LLOYD BAKER lives in London, where he has worked as a grave digger. New York Graphic is his first novel. His new novel, Skyline, is to be published by Gollancz in fall 1999.
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- PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0385498438
- ISBN 13 9780385498432
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A delicious, darkly comic work of new urban noir from an original new literary talent.Meet Virgil Strauss, a physically and emotionally unkempt yet somehow appealing tabloid photographer whose passion is bearing photographic witness--a la Weegee--to the obscene, malevolent and sanguine viscera of New York culture. To his disapppointment and defeat, The New York Graphic--the city's most renowned shock-based tabloid daily--has routinely rejected Virgil's work. But when Virgil and his friend Larry Onions rip off a local church, he gets the picture of a lifetime, a job at the Graphic, and a generous measure of trouble, leading to serious indiscretions that include (but aren't limited to): grave robbing, straining his neighbor's dog's feces for an inadvertently consumed diamond, widely circulating the work of a renowned "art terrorist," and being an FBI informant in a serial bombing case. Helping Virgil through his hard times is Marcy, HIV-positive porn-star girlfriend, whose wispy, hardened, tragic strength brings tenderness and humanity to Virgil's cold-blooded reality.New York Graphic is a winningly fresh contribution to the noir genre: alternately hilarious, vulgar, touching, seriously disturbed--and a delightfully heady reading. Virgil Strauss is an unkempt yet somehow appealing tabloid photographer whose work is routinely rejected by "The New York Graphic, " the city's most renowned shock-based tabloid daily. But when Virgil and his friend Larry Onions rip off a local church, he gets the picture of a lifetime, a job at the "Graphic"--and a generous measure of trouble. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780385498432
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