The Winter of Frankie Machine - Hardcover

Winslow, Don

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400044987 ISBN 13: 9781400044986

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2006

Synopsis

When a local mob boss calls in an old favor, Frank Machianno, the middle-aged owner of a bait shack on the San Diego waterfront, devoted father, and popular fixture in the local community, is forced to return to his old job as a hit man, but as he is sucked back into his dangerous former life, he discovers that someone from his past wants him dead. 40,000 first printing.

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Review:

" [A] gripping thriller . . . Like his book's central figure, Mr. Winslow is good at what he does."
- Tom Nolan, "Wall Street Journal"
" Gripping, fast-paced."
- "Men's Health"
" Meet Frank Machianno- lover of women, military marksman, reluctant button man for the San Diego mob, and one of the most delightful characters I've run across lately. "The Winter of Frankie Machine "is a large caliber, heavy charge, high velocity novel. Read it and flinch- then grin."
- T. Jefferson Parker, author of "The Fallen"
" Mobbed up, tricked out, and driven by clean, high-octane prose, "Frankie Machine" moves with the smooth, dark power of a Wise Guy's vintage Caddy. This book smokes."
- Dan Fesperman, author of "The Prisoner of Guanta namo"
" What a smooth, compelling read. Informed, witty, honest and true. Frankie Machine saunters right off the page, as adroit making marinara sauce as dealing mayhem. We should all be in such good hands."
- Robert Ferrigno, author of "Prayers for the Assassin"
"" The Winter of Frankie Machine" is vintage Don Winslow. Smart and fast, funny and surprisingly touching, this is that rare book that you read more slowly as you go along because you're having such a good time you don't want it to end.
- S.J. Rozan, author of "Absent Friends"
" Elmore Leonard fans who have not yet discovered Winslow will be delighted by his fourth thriller . . . Winslow has created plausible characters and taut scenes of suspense that will keep readers turningpages.
"- Publishers Weekly"
" Nobody in the world does this stuff better than Don Winslow . . . another instant classic."
- Lee Child
" "The Winter of Frankie Machine "is the ultimate verdict on the Mafia: poetic, brutal, mesmerizing, and full of sheer artistry. I devoured it,"""
- Ken Bruen, author of "The Killing of the Tinkers"
" A hot new one from the emerging master of the hip whipcord thriller. More than ever, a superb brew of milieu, deft characterization, wild suspense."
- James Ellroy

"From the Hardcover edition."

" Smoothly oiled, superbly assembled. . . . A traditional mob tale on steroids."
-- "The Providence Journal"
" A gripping thriller. . . . Like his book's central figure, Mr. Winslow is good at what he does."
-- "The Wall Street Journal"
" Graceful . . . . Wonderfully imagined. . . . Winslow' s story explodes with . . . gritty realism."
-- "Pittsburg Tribune-Review"
" Smart, staccato. . . . A reading experience of sustained intensity, with appealingly sleazy characters and an Elmore Leonard-like snap in the dialogue."
-- "The Plain Dealer"

" Smoothly oiled, superbly assembled. . . . A traditional mob tale on steroids. "
-- The Providence Journal
" A gripping thriller. . . . Like his book's central figure, Mr. Winslow is good at what he does. "
-- The Wall Street Journal
" Graceful . . . . Wonderfully imagined. . . . Winslow ' s story explodes with . . . gritty realism. "
-- Pittsburg Tribune-Review
" Smart, staccato. . . . A reading experience of sustained intensity, with appealingly sleazy characters and an Elmore Leonard-like snap in the dialogue. "
-- The Plain Dealer

"Smoothly oiled, superbly assembled. . . . A traditional mob tale on steroids." --"The Providence Journal""A gripping thriller. . . . Like his book's central figure, Mr. Winslow is good at what he does." --"The Wall Street Journal""Graceful . . . . Wonderfully imagined. . . . Winslow's story explodes with . . . gritty realism."--"Pittsburg Tribune-Review""Smart, staccato. . . . A reading experience of sustained intensity, with appealingly sleazy characters and an Elmore Leonard-like snap in the dialogue." --"The Plain Dealer "

Smoothly oiled, superbly assembled. . . . A traditional mob tale on steroids. The Providence Journal A gripping thriller. . . . Like his book's central figure, Mr. Winslow is good at what he does. The Wall Street Journal Graceful . . . . Wonderfully imagined. . . . Winslow s story explodes with . . . gritty realism. Pittsburg Tribune-Review Smart, staccato. . . . A reading experience of sustained intensity, with appealingly sleazy characters and an Elmore Leonard-like snap in the dialogue. The Plain Dealer "

From the Publisher:

The stunning new novel by the acclaimed author of The Power of the Dog ('so good you want to keep him to yourself' Ian Rankin), bought for the movies by Robert de Niro, who plans to play Frankie himself.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1400044987
• ISBN 13: 9781400044986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304