Pain Management: A Burke Novel: 13 (Burke Series) - Softcover

"Some of the cleanest, meanest, stripped-down-and-sparkling prose ever penned." -Austin Chronicle

"A beautifully brutal combination of pulpy noir and social commentary. . . . Vachss's writing remains raw and hungry, with an epidermis of rage barely containing an infinite core of sadness." -The Miami Herald

"Andrew Vachss could send his hero Burke to Mayberry, and he'd still
manage to uncover a dark underbelly of sin and corruption." -Capital Times

"Gritty, fast-paced . . . One of the most hard-boiled and important crime series ever published." -Huntsville Times

Following a failed assassination attempt, Burke flees New York City to eke out a difficult existence as an enforcer for hire in the Pacific Northwest while he waits for it to become safe to return home, until he takes a job tracking down a runaway teenager, which brings him face to face with a fanatical group of criminal samaritans who supply drugs to those suffering from chronic pain. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.