Easy Money (Signed First Edition)

Jens Lapidus (author); Astri von Arbin Ahlander (translator)

ISBN 10: 0307377482 / ISBN 13: 9780307377487

Published by Pantheon, New York, 2012

About this Item

Pantheon, New York, 2012. First U.S. edition. First printing, with full number line to 1. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy, with price ($26.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Translated from the Swedish by Astri von Arbin Ahlander. This copy has been SIGNED, dated in the month of publication (April 2012), and inscribed by Lapidus to "John" on the front endpaper (as pictured). Basis for the 2010 eponymous Swedish film, and an upcoming Warner Brothers film starring and produced by Zac Efron. Signed-Fiction.

Seller Inventory # FLAHIVE-3684

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Easy Money (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Pantheon, New York
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307377482
• ISBN 13: 9780307377487
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature in Translation
  • Swedish Literature
  • Signed First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

From one of Sweden’s most successful defense lawyers comes an unflinching look at Stockholm’s underworld, told from the perspective of the mob bosses, the patsies, and the thugs who help operate its twisted justice system.
 
JW is a student having trouble keeping up appearances in the rich party crowd he has involved himself with. He’s desperate for money, and when he’s offered a job dealing drugs to the very crowd he’s vying for a place in, he accepts it. Meanwhile, Jorge, a young Latino drug dealer, has just broken out of jail and is itching for revenge. When JW’s supplier gets wind of Jorge’s escape, he suggests JW track him down and attempt to win his trust in order to cover more area in the drug circuit. But JW’s not the only one on Jorge’s trail: Mrado, the brutal muscle behind the Yugoslavian mob boss whose goons were the ones who ratted Jorge out to the cops, is also on the hunt. But like everyone else, he’s tired of being a mere pawn in an impossibly risky game, and he’s seeking to carve out a niche of his own. As the paths of these antiheroes intertwine further, they find themselves mercilessly pitted against one another in a world where allegiances are hard-won, revenge is hard-fought, and a way out of it all is even harder to come by.
 
Fast and intricately paced, and with pitch-perfect dialogue, Easy Money is a raw, dark, and intelligent crime novel that has catapulted Jens Lapidus into the company of Sweden’s most acclaimed crime writers.

About the Author

Jens Lapidus is a criminal defense lawyer who represents some of Sweden’s most notorious underworld criminals. He lives in Stockholm with his wife.