A Bomb Built in Hell: Wesley's Story
by Andrew Vachss
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- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0307950859
- ISBN 13
- 9780307950857
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Wamuran, Queensland, Australia
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In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.
While doing time for manslaughter, Wesley meets prison boss Carmine Trentoni, an Old School gangster who no longer believes in the blood-oath he took years ago. Carmine's triple life sentence hasn't cut him off from all his outside sources - he has waited with the patience of stone for someone capable of absorbing his knowledge...and carrying out his sworn vengeance. Wesley emerges from prison as the perfect hit man: calculating, deadly, and ice-cold. He follows Carmine's instruction: locate "the last of us," one "Mr Petraglia," then assassinate a Chinatown gang boss and a Mafia chief - both had overstepped their bounds. But then Wesley finds his own mission: As he begins to see the root of all he has learned to hate, he and a youth just out of reform school, known only as The Kid, begin to take out political targets. In a final burst of understanding, Wesley decides to leave The Kid behind. But not before he writes his own suicide note...in dynamite.
Synopsis
Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many novels include the Burke series and two collections of short stories. His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. He divides his time between his native New York City and the Pacific Northwest.
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- Seller
- DASHbooks (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- DASHbooks101
- Title
- A Bomb Built in Hell
- Author
- Andrew Vachss
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0307950859
- ISBN 13
- 9780307950857
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- andrew vachss, bomb built in hell, wesley's story, mystery novel, carmine trentoni, gangster, vengeance, mafia, suicide, dynamite,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Novel;
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