Ring Game - Hardcover

Hautman, Pete

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684832429 ISBN 13: 9780684832425

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1997

Synopsis

Joe Crow has hit rock bottom. First, he misplaces his girlfriend overseas and can't even find her phone number. Then, he loses his nest egg in Las Vegas. And to top it all off, he burns out his Jaguar and ends up in a screaming yellow Pontiac GTO, feeling not at all like the man he wants to be.
This is all dismaying enough to make Joe think about giving up the gambling life.
Joe had gotten on the bad side of his father's best friend, Axel Speeter. This happened when he unwittingly introduced Axel's almost-daughter, Carmen Roman, to Hyatt Hilton, a one-time coke dealer who claims to be walking the straight and narrow these days. Axel, who's always been suspicious of Hyatt, makes it clear that Joe had better make sure that Hy the Guy is on the level before anyone walks down the aisle.
Crow's closer look at Hyatt shoves him into the middle of a dispute between Hilton and the self-styled we'll-never-die cult Hilton helped to found. They call themselves the Amaranthines, and they seem willing to do anything to extend their life spans - including planting Joe Crow in a Dumpster.

About this title

About the Author:

Pete Hautman is the author of Godless, which won the National Book Award, and many other critically acclaimed books for teens and adults, including Blank Confession, All-In, Rash, No Limit, Invisible, and Mr. Was, which was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Pete lives in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Visit him at PeteHautman.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0684832429
• ISBN 13: 9780684832425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 318