The Ice Harvest

ISBN-13: 9780345440198 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str.

Scott Phillips

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-BITTERLY FUNNY . . . A] SLEEK FIRST NOVEL . . . NOIR CRIME . . . HAS FOUND A STERLING NEW CHAMPION IN PHILLIPS.-
-The New York Times Book Review

-A FUTURE HARD-BOILED CLASSIC-TIGHT, COLD, AND CACKLING WITH IRONY. On Christmas Eve in Wichita], a mob lawyer is skipping town with the cash. But in this boozy, neo-noir world-James M. Cain meets George V. Higgins-the best-laid plans of bagmen turn brutal.-
-The Dallas Morning News

-OMINOUS, ACTION-PACKED. . . This is a confident, wry debut . . . that] may remind readers of Fargo or Pulp Fiction.-
-Detroit Free Press

-I SIMPLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SCOTT PHILLIPS WILL DO NEXT. This] funny, tough first novel felt like it was written by an old pro, an Elmore Leonard we've never heard about who's discovered a place where the criminals are really dumb, the low-lifes are oh-so-fun to watch and, if somebody just happens to get what he deserves, there's no one to blame.-
-RICHARD RUSSO
Author of Straight Man
-A DARKLY COMIC, SOMETIMES BRUTAL PIECE OF NOIR FICTION.-
-The Denver Post

Finalist for the Hammett Prize