True Confessions

True Confessions: A Novel

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. First Thunder's Mouth Press printing January 2006. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. A new edition of John Gregory Dunne's best-known novel---which evokes the 'Black Dahlia' murder & became the classic film starring Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall, w/a New Introduction by George Pelecanos. "Los Angeles, the 1940s. An unidentified murder victim is found bisected in a shadowy lot. A catchy nickname is given her in jest---'The Virgin Tramp'---and suddenly a 'nice little homicide that would have drifted off the front pages in a couple of days' becomes a storm center. Two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy, are at the heart of this raucous and powerful novel of Irish-Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II. Tom is a homicide detective and Des is a priest on the rise within the Church. TRUE CONFESSIONS is about a crime that has no solutions, only victims. More important, it is about the complex relationship between Tom and Des, each tainted with the guilt and hostility that separates brothers. In this vital, vibrant novel, they ultimately find their salvation in each other." [publisher's copy] "Pitch perfect."---Michiko Kakutani, New York Times. Pristine paperback w/sharp corners & crisp edges, a square binding w/no creases in spine. Artikel-Nr. RUB1485

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