Pain Management: A Burke Novel - Softcover

Vachss, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1400032342 ISBN 13: 9781400032341

Publisher: Vintage, 2002

Synopsis

Following a failed assassination attempt, Burke flees New York City to eke out a difficult existence as an enforcer for hire in the Pacific Northwest while he waits for it to become safe to return home, until he takes a job tracking down a runaway teenager, which brings him face to face with a fanatical group of criminal samaritans who supply drugs to those suffering from chronic pain.

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Review

"Some of the cleanest, meanest, stripped-down-and-sparkling prose ever penned." -"Austin Chronicle"

"A beautifully brutal combination of pulpy noir and social commentary. . . . Vachss's writing remains raw and hungry, with an epidermis of rage barely containing an infinite core of sadness." -"The Miami Herald

""Andrew Vachss could send his hero Burke to Mayberry, and he'd still
manage to uncover a dark underbelly of sin and corruption." -"Capital Times"

"Gritty, fast-paced . . . One of the most hard-boiled and important crime series ever published." -"Huntsville Times

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Some of the cleanest, meanest, stripped-down-and-sparkling prose ever penned. Austin Chronicle
A beautifully brutal combination of pulpy noir and social commentary. . . . Vachss s writing remains raw and hungry, with an epidermis of rage barely containing an infinite core of sadness. The Miami Herald
Andrew Vachss could send his hero Burke to Mayberry, and he d still
manage to uncover a dark underbelly of sin and corruption. Capital Times
Gritty, fast-paced . . . One of the most hard-boiled and important crime series ever published. Huntsville 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."

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1400032342
• ISBN 13: 9781400032341
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 320