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Born bad : stories

Author: Andrew H Vachss
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1994.
Series: Vintage crime/Black Lizard.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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From a writer whose novels have been acclaimed for their unflinching exploration of evil comes a brilliant collection of short stories--some never before published--that distill dread back down to its essence--and inject it straight into the reader's back brain. Andrew Vachss might have scissored his characters from today's headlines: a stalker prowling around an anonymous high-rise; a serial killer whose  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Short stories
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Andrew H Vachss
ISBN: 0679753362 9780679753360
OCLC Number: 30156024
Description: xiii, 336 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents: A flash of white --
Alibi --
Anytime I want --
Born bad --
Cain --
Cough --
Crime partner --
Bandit --
Cripple --
Mad dog --
Statute of limitations --
Crossfire --
Value received --
Head case --
Kidnap --
Date rape --
Dead game --
Dialogue --
Drive-by --
Dumping ground --
Exit --
Family resemblance --
Hostage --
It's a hard world --
Joyride --
Lynch law --
Man to man --
Plan B --
Replay: A play in three acts --
Bridge --
Placebo --
Rules of the road --
Step on a crack --
Stone magic --
The promise --
The unwritten law --
Treatment --
Bum's rush --
Tunnel of love --
Bad babies --
Into the light --
Warlord --
Warrior --
White alligator --
Witch hunt --
Working roots.
Series Title: Vintage crime/Black Lizard.
Other Titles: Flash of white.
Promise.
Unwritten law.
Short stories.
Responsibility: Andrew Vachss.
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From a writer whose novels have been acclaimed for their unflinching exploration of evil comes a brilliant collection of short stories--some never before published--that distill dread back down to its essence--and inject it straight into the reader's back brain. Andrew Vachss might have scissored his characters from today's headlines: a stalker prowling around an anonymous high-rise; a serial killer whose transgressions reflect a childhood of hideous abuse; an inner-city gunman who is willing to take out a blockful of victims in order to win a moment of acceptance. Tautly written and endowed with murderous ironic spin, Born Bad plunges us into the hell that lies just outside our bedroom windows.

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