| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
258 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
On the same day he finds out that he is terminally ill, Roy Cady discovers that his boss has put out a hit on him, and, determined to die on his own terms, he narrowly escapes an attempt on his life and flees from New Orleans to Galveston, Texas, his only companions being a young prostitute and her 3-year-old sister. |
| Subject |
Galveston (Tex.) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Suspense fiction.
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Noir fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781439166642 |
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1439166641 |
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