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Description for Violent Ward
Paperback. If America is a lunatic asylum, then California is the Violent Ward. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 112 x 25. Weight in Grams: 210. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
If America is a lunatic asylum, then California is the Violent Ward.
Mickey Murphy is a criminal lawyer with an office in LA’s downtown low-rent district, an ex-wife who bleeds him for money, clients who would plead the Fifth Amendment if they could count that high, and an unrequited passion for his wealthiest client’s wife. To make matters worse, Mickey finds himself embroiled against his wishes in an elaborate and clever scam that’s going askew, and being interrogated by the LAPD about a brutal murder.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006479017
SKU
KKD0001483
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Len Deighton
Born in London, he served in the RAF before graduating from the Royal College of Art (which recently elected him a Senior Fellow). While in New York City working as a magazine illustrator he began writing his first novel, The Ipcress File, which was published in 1962. He is now the author of more than thirty books of fiction and ... Read more
Reviews for Violent Ward
‘Deighton’s ear for dialogue and eye for lunatic-California are perfect’ Sunday Express ‘A blistering read… The guessing game continues to the final page’ Time Out ‘Crime at its most entertaining, filled with lively dialogue’ Sunday Telegraph ... Read more