A Bomb Built in Hell: Wesley's Story (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) by Vachss, Andrew - 2012-11-13

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2012. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Very Good.

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Used; Very Good. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 2012. Trade Paperback. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: none. Small remainder mark<br />Andrew Vachss' pre-Flood novel A Bomb Built in Hell was written in 1973. It was rejected by every publisher, one of whom described it as a "political horror story," others of whom berated it for its "lack of realism," including such things as Chinese youth gangs and the fall of Haiti. And the very idea of someone entering a high school with the intent of destroying every living person inside was just too ... ludicrous. <br /><br />Readers of Vachss' Burke series will immediately recognize Wesley, the main character of A Bomb Built in Hell. This is his story. . 2012. TRADE PAPERBACK.

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2012-11-13. Paperback. New.

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2012-11-13. Paperback. Like New.

Vintage Books, 2012. Paperback. New. 304 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.While doing time for manslaughter, Wesley meets prison boss Carmine Trentoni, an Old School gangster who no longer believes in the blood-oath he took years ago. Carmine's triple life sentence hasn't cut him off from all his outside sources - he has waited with the patience of stone for someone capable of absorbing his knowledge...and carrying out his sworn vengeance. Wesley emerges from prison as the perfect hit man: calculating, deadly, and ice-cold. He follows Carmine's instruction: locate "the last of us," one "Mr Petraglia," then assassinate a Chinatown gang boss and a Mafia chief - both had overstepped their bounds. But then Wesley finds his own mission: As he begins to see the root of all he has learned to hate, he and a youth just out of reform school, known only as The Kid, begin to take out political targets. In a final burst of understanding, Wesley decides to leave… Read More

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2012-11-13. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!