House of Corrections by Doug Swanson
Wesley Joy is a defender of drug scum living in semi-retirement in Galveston. He's best pals with seedy Dallas PI Jack Flippo - they once worked together as prosecutors - so when the cops find heroin in Joy's car after he's pulled over speeding, Flippo gets the inevitable call for help. Looking into the circumstances behind Joy's arrest, Flippo finds a life in a mess as big as his own. Money, drugs, and sex are at the centre of a dangerous tangle that involves wisecrackin' renegade DEA agents, crooked lawyers, and a bitter reporter determined to use Joy's 'unjust incarceration' as the stepping stone to a big-time job in, say, Abilene. Flippo makes a great antihero: he doesn't like who he's become but can't muster the courage to make a change. Until he can, his best shots at happiness will come from unregistered .38s and bottles of cheap bourbon. This is the hard-boiled novel at its grittiest and most unsentimental. Jack Flippo is the real deal.
Tarantino meets Carl Hiaasen * Daily Mirror *
Fast and furious, and as hot as a sizzling Texan steak -- Janice Young * Yorkshire Post *
the closest yet that he's come to full-blown noir * Uncut Magazine *
You definitely want to be in Dallas when Jack Flippo's on a case * The New York Times *
Doug Swanson does Dallas the way Robert Parker does Boston - from the bottom up -- Carl Hiaasen
Fast and furious, and as hot as a sizzling Texan steak -- Janice Young * Yorkshire Post *
the closest yet that he's come to full-blown noir * Uncut Magazine *
You definitely want to be in Dallas when Jack Flippo's on a case * The New York Times *
Doug Swanson does Dallas the way Robert Parker does Boston - from the bottom up -- Carl Hiaasen
A former Knight Fellow of Stanford University, Doug Swanson works as a journalist for The Dallas Morning News.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781901982770 |
| ISBN 10 | 1901982777 |
| Title | House of Corrections |
| Author | Doug Swanson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 2001-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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