Punishment
by MacIntyre, Linden
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0345813901
- ISBN 13
- 9780345813909
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Random House Canada. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0345813901 . Sticker removed from front free end paper ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.06 X 6.38 X 1.57 inches; 421 pages; "In Punishment, his first novel since completing his Long Stretch trilogy, Scotiabank Giller-winner Linden MacIntyre brings us a powerful exploration of justice and vengeance, and the peril that ensues when passion replaces reason, in a small town shaken by a tragic death. Forced to retire early from his job as a corrections officer in Kingston Penitentiary, Tony Breau has limped back to the village where he grew up to lick his wounds, only to find that Dwayne Strickland, a young con hed had dealings with in prison is back there tooand once again in trouble. Strickland has just been arrested following the suspicious death of a teenage girl, the granddaughter of Caddy Stewart, Tonys first love. Tony is soon caught in a fierce emotional struggle between the outcast Strickland and the still alluring Caddy. And then another figure from Tonys past, the forceful Neil Archie MacDonaldjust retired in murky circumstances from the Boston police forcestokes the communitys anger and suspicion and an irresistible demand for punishment. As Tony struggles to resist the vortex of vigilante action, Punishment builds into a total page-turner that blindsides you with twists and betrayals." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18202
- Title
- Punishment
- Author
- MacIntyre, Linden
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0345813901
- ISBN 13
- 9780345813909
- Publisher
- Random House Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- 0345813901
- Bookseller catalogs
- CANADIAN LITERATURE; Fiction / Canadian;
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Ainsworth Books
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Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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