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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Once upon a time Eddie played conert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall. Now he bangs out honky-tonk for drunks in a dive in Philadelphia. But then two people walk into Eddie's life--the first promising Eddie a future, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Once upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall. Now he bangs out honky-tonk for drunks in a dive in Philadelphia. But then two people walk into Eddie's life--the first promising Eddie a future, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past. <p/><b>Shoot the Piano Player</b> is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty: the kind a man owes his family, no matter how bad that family is; the kind a man owes a woman; and, ultimately, the loyalty he owes himself. The result is a moody thriller that, like the best hard-boiled fiction, carries a moral depth charge.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>David Goodis </b>(1917-1967), born in Philadelphia, was a screenwriter and author of crime fiction well known for his novel <i>Dark Passage</i>. He wrote the screenplay for <i>Dark Passage</i> which starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He had received a B.A. in Journalism from Temple University in 1938.

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