Citizen Vince - (P.S.) by Jess Walter (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>From the highly acclaimed new crime novelist: a story of witness protection, petty thievery, local politics, and murder--set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1980 presidential election</p> <p>It's the fall of 1980, the last week before the presidential election that pits the downtrodden Jimmy Carter against the suspiciously sunny Ronald Reagan. In a seedy suburban house in Spokane, a small-time crook formerly from New York, Vince Camden, pockets his weekly allotment of stolen credit cards and heads off to his witness-protection job at a donut shop. A the shop he takes a shine to a regular named Kelly, who works for a local politician. Somehow he finds himself and the politician in a parking lot at three in the morning, giving the slip to a couple of menacing thugs. And then he crosses the path of a young detective--and discovers his credit-scam partner, lying dead in his passport-photo office with a Cheerio-size bullet-hole in his head. No one writing crime novels today tells a story or sketches a character with more freshness or elan than Jess Walter. Citizen Vince is his funniest and grittiest book yet.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>At 1:59 a.m. in Spokane, Washington--eight days before the 1980 presidential election--Vince Camden pockets his stash of stolen credit cards and drops by an all-night poker game before heading to his witness-protection job dusting crullers at Donut Make You Hungry. Along with a neurotic hooker girlfriend, this is the total sum of Vince's new life. But when a familiar face shows up in town, Vince realizes his sordid past is still too close behind him. During the next unforgettable week, he'll negotiate a coast-to-coast maze of obsessive cops, eager politicians, and assorted mobsters--only to find that redemption might exist, of all places, in the voting booth. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Rich in robust characters ad wry dialogue, with agile prose, a big heart and a finely tuned plot."--<em>Seattle Times</em><br><br>"(An) immensely entertaining crime thriller and wry social commentary."--<em>Chicago Tribune</em><br><br>"What makes Walter's third novel so enjoyable is Vince, a flawed but sympathetic character trying to find redemption."--<em>Library Journal</em><br><br>"A splendidly entertaining, thoughtful book ... Jess Walter continues to impress."--Sunday Telegraph<br><br>1st Place, General Trade-Jacket, New York Book Show--No Source<br>
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