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Talk of the Nation - November 16, 2009

Also by Kevin Baker:

Luna Park, November 2009
Hardcover

Luna Park
Kevin Baker

Vertigo
November 2009
On Sale: November 17, 2009
160 pages
ISBN: 140121584X
EAN: 9781401215842
Hardcover
$24.99
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Graphic Novel

Alik is a former Soviet soldier who has relocated to Coney Island only to become a gangland enforcer. He's haunted by memories of his past, and the only thing that soothes his angst is booze, heroin and his lover, the prostitute Marina. But as much as Alik encourages her to break away from the ganglord who owns her, Marina can't because of her daughter, who never leads the ganglord's side. So Alik comes up with a desperate plan to save all three of them, and in doing so, he'll find he's destined to repeat the past over and over again, including a past or two he might not even be aware he has, in a story that flashes from present- day run down Coney Island to the Russia of 10 years ago during the Second Chechen War to turn of the 20th century Coney Island, when the area was at its peak amusement park glory and wonder.

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