The Fugitive Pigeon
by Westlake, Donald E
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- Hardcover
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New York: Random House, 1965. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Pebbled blue boards. The spine is stamped in black. Red topstain. 172pps. There is mild rubbing to the heel of the spine and the spine has a slight, nearly imperceptible lean. Also, there is a small abrasion on the front pastedown. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a clipped lower flap-corner and a faintly sunned spine; no chips, soiling, or tears of note. A very nice and colorfully-jacketed copy: the introduction of Charlie Poole.
"...There's no doubt that Charlie Poole was a completely innocuous, lazy, ambitionless young man until the night two of his uncle's friends came to murder him.
Charlie tended bar in his uncle's Brooklyn saloon and was perfectly happy to do so. There weren't many customers, but his uncle didn't seem to care. Uncle, as a matter of fact, had very good connections with the Syndicate, so Charlie passed messages and mysterious packages about whose contents he never asked questions. He simply didn't care. He lived above the saloon in a small apartment and read most of the day. Nothing uplifting, mind you, just killing time. This, then, was his happy life until it was rudely interrupted the night that two of the Syndicate's enforcers came to enforce him out of the world.
All in all, 'The Fugitive Pigeon' is a delight, a breathlessly fast-paced and very amusing mystery, with a rare antic quality..."
Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). DONALD E WESTLAKE THE FUGITIVE PIGEON MYSTERY CRIME THRILLER SUSPENSE BROOKLYN MOB SYNDICATE CHARLIE POOLE HUMOR COMEDY FICTION. Catalogs: Mystery/Crime/Thriller.
"...There's no doubt that Charlie Poole was a completely innocuous, lazy, ambitionless young man until the night two of his uncle's friends came to murder him.
Charlie tended bar in his uncle's Brooklyn saloon and was perfectly happy to do so. There weren't many customers, but his uncle didn't seem to care. Uncle, as a matter of fact, had very good connections with the Syndicate, so Charlie passed messages and mysterious packages about whose contents he never asked questions. He simply didn't care. He lived above the saloon in a small apartment and read most of the day. Nothing uplifting, mind you, just killing time. This, then, was his happy life until it was rudely interrupted the night that two of the Syndicate's enforcers came to enforce him out of the world.
All in all, 'The Fugitive Pigeon' is a delight, a breathlessly fast-paced and very amusing mystery, with a rare antic quality..."
Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). DONALD E WESTLAKE THE FUGITIVE PIGEON MYSTERY CRIME THRILLER SUSPENSE BROOKLYN MOB SYNDICATE CHARLIE POOLE HUMOR COMEDY FICTION. Catalogs: Mystery/Crime/Thriller.
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- Title
- The Fugitive Pigeon
- Author
- Westlake, Donald E
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- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
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