Galveston : a novel
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Published
New York ; Toronto : Scribner, 2011, c2010.
ISBN
9781439166666 (trade pbk.), 1439166668 (trade pbk.)
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 21 cm.
Status
Headquarters - Ocala Public Library - Fiction - Adult
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Published
New York ; Toronto : Scribner, 2011, c2010.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781439166666 (trade pbk.), 1439166668 (trade pbk.)
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Description
"On the same day that Roy Cady is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he senses that his boss, a dangerous loan-sharking bar-owner, wants him dead. Known 'without affection' to members of the boss's crew as 'Big Country' on account of his long hair, beard, and cowboy boots, Roy is alert to the possibility that a routine assignment could be a deathtrap. Which it is. Yet what the would-be killers do to Roy Cady is not the same as what he does to them, which is to say that after a smoking spasm of violence, they are mostly dead and he is mostly alive. Before Roy makes his getaway, he realizes there are two women in the apartment, one of them still breathing, and he sees something in her frightened, defiant eyes that causes a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he goes on the run from New Orleans to Galveston, Texas - an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable. The girl's name is Rocky, and she is too young, too tough, too sexy - and far too much trouble. Roy, Rocky, and her sister hide in the battered seascape of Galveston's country-western bars and fleabag hotels, a world of treacherous drifters, pickup trucks, and ashed-out hopes. Any chance that they will find safety there is soon lost. Rocky is a girl with quite a story to tell, one that will pursue and damage Roy for a very long time to come in this powerful and atmospheric thriller..."--Publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pizzolatto, N. (20112010). Galveston: a novel (1st Scribner trade pbk. ed.). Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pizzolatto, Nic, 1975-. 20112010. Galveston: A Novel. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pizzolatto, Nic, 1975-. Galveston: A Novel Scribner, 20112010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pizzolatto, Nic. Galveston: A Novel 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed., Scribner, 20112010.
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