Serpents in the Cold
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Post-war 1950s Boston is down on its luck. The dazzle and glitz has gone and infamous Scollay Square is being prepared for the wrecking ball. It's the worst winter in recent memory, and the politicians' promises about a brighter future sound ever more hollow.
In the midst of it all are two old friends trying to scrape a living. World War Two verteran Cal is getting by; heroin addict Dante is trying - and mostly failing - to kick the habit. But when the girl they fought over in their hardscrabble youth is found murdered and frozen on a wintry beach, they take it upon themselves to track down her killer. Their investigation leads them from the drug-ravaged working-class neighbourhood they know to gangsters and corrupt politicians. And as their quest gets ever more dangerous, it seems clear that even if they can find answers, they may end up losing themselves.Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781444754308
- Author: Douglas Graham Purdy, Thomas O'Malley
- Pub date: 22.01.15
- RRP: $26.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Douglas Graham Purdy, Thomas O'Malley
Thomas O'Malley was raised in Ireland and England. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and currently teaches on the faculty of creative writing at Dartmouth College. He is the author of the novels In the Province of Saints and This Magnificent Desolation. He lives in the Boston area.
Douglas Graham Purdy is a lifelong resident of Boston, Massachusetts. He has been a lifeguard/swimming instructor, a DJ and a teacher, and currently manages a film library for the Humanities at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also working on a collection of horror fiction.Other books by the author
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