Robbers
Robbers
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Two drifters pull their caddy ragtop into a 7-Eleven outside Austin, Texas. They buy a pack of cigarettes; they shoot a guy over a penny. And hit the road to mayhem. Joined by Della,a young working class woman who's had to leave town because of a lethal encounter in a hotel bar, the trio embark on a bullet-riddled odyssey, pursued by...
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Robbers by Christopher Cook
Two drifters pull their caddy ragtop into a 7-Eleven outside Austin, Texas. They buy a pack of cigarettes; they shoot a guy over a penny. And hit the road to mayhem. Joined by Della,a young working class woman who's had to leave town because of a lethal encounter in a hotel bar, the trio embark on a bullet-riddled odyssey, pursued by Rule Hoos, a Texas Ranger who follows his own lonely code, and breaks it. In this fast moving southern noir that marries poetry to action, the story flows over terrain from Texas hill country through coastal swamps into the lush East Texas riverbottoms as each flawed character seeks his own redemption. Robbers is a literary thriller of the first order.
A bullet-riddled odyssey of jaded rednecks in search of illusory redemption, this is a hell of a debut -- Maxim Jakubowski * The Guardian *
The dialogue is to die for, the characters are true, in shades of grey from darkest gunmetal to oiled pigeon, and the tension punishing -- Carla Browne * RTE Guide *
A genuinely stunning debut novel; violent and compulsive, barely pausing to polish its own wild poetry -- Philip Oakes * The Literary Review *
something rather more than just a thriller -- Roz Kaveney * Times Literary Supplement *
If Elmore Leonard lived in Texas, his name would be Christopher Cook Kinky Friedman -- Kinky Friedman
The dialogue is to die for, the characters are true, in shades of grey from darkest gunmetal to oiled pigeon, and the tension punishing -- Carla Browne * RTE Guide *
A genuinely stunning debut novel; violent and compulsive, barely pausing to polish its own wild poetry -- Philip Oakes * The Literary Review *
something rather more than just a thriller -- Roz Kaveney * Times Literary Supplement *
If Elmore Leonard lived in Texas, his name would be Christopher Cook Kinky Friedman -- Kinky Friedman
Christopher Cook grew up among the oil refineries of the Texas Gulf Coast. He was raised a tongue-speaking Pentecostal holy-roller but escaped. He has worked as a cab driver, railroad labourer, carpenter, bartender, therapist, journalist and trade union activist.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781842430163 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842430165 |
| Title | Robbers |
| Author | Christopher Cook |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Year published | 2001-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 372 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |