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Absolute Perfection of Crime
by Viel, Tanguv
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1565847571
- ISBN 13
- 9781565847576
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Hardcover. New. Hardcover New Ships From Canada New in new dust jacket Glued binding Paper over boards 128 p Audience: General/trade From Publishers Weekly: Viel's English-language debut, a crime novel about a band of aging crooks who reunite to rob a casino in a French coastal town, is a small but polished gem that sparkles from start to finish The slim volume opens with the anonymous first-person narrator meeting an old friend named Marin, just released from prison, who proceeds to give the narrator a thorough beating-for old time's sake Marin and the narrator then get down to the business of planning a perfect crime-for old time's sake They work with an old comrade and surveillance pro, Andrei, and a former cellmate of Marin's named Lucho, a suspicious character who refuses cognac ("'"we don't have fun unless we drink, "'" the affronted narrator explains to him) The robbery commences with the narrator and a moll named Jeanne deliberately losing a large sum so that they can complain and distract managem
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- Bookseller
- Pine Tree Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9506695093
- Title
- Absolute Perfection of Crime
- Author
- Viel, Tanguv
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1565847571
- ISBN 13
- 9781565847576
- Publisher
- New Press, The
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2003-01
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