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In his most original and compelling book yet, Andrew Vachss presents an electrifying tale of corruption in a devastated mill town. It is 1959--a moment in history when the clandestine, powerful forces that will shape America to the present day are about to collide.Walker Dett is a hired gun, known for using the most extreme measures to accomplish his missions. Royal Beaumont is the "hillbilly boss" who turned Locke City from a dying town into a thriving vice capital. But organized crime outsiders are moving in on Beaumont's turf, so he reaches out for Dett in a high-risk move to maintain his power at all costs. Add a rival Irish political machine, a deeply entrenched neo-Nazi "party", the nascent black power movement, turf-disputing juvenile gangs, a muck-raking journalist who doubles as a blackmailer, the FBI--a covert observer and occasional participant which may itself be under surveillance-- and Locke City is about as stable as a nitroglycerin truck stalled on the railroad tracks.**Amazon.com ReviewAmazon.com Exclusive ContentJustice, Rage, Retribution & Vachss Best known for his series about Burke, a career criminal with a uniquely larcenous family, Andrew Vachss has penned a
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Andrew H. Vachss
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781400079384
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, True Crime
- Rating
- 3.62 / 5 (475 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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