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Dark Alley
May 2005
429 pages
ISBN: 0060762853
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Mystery | Thriller
What actions must a boy take to become a man? One might use
a razor to clear his first growth of beard, while another
could employ it as a weapon -- both actions might be a
fitting rite of passage. In these dazzling works of fiction, seventeen masters of
crime and suspense explore what it means to be a son, what
it means to be a father, what it means to be a man. Spanning
continents and decades, the stories are set in
interconnected worlds both instantly recognizable and
astonishingly believable, from long stretches on a dry Texas
highway to a bleak London alley, from the claustrophobic
confines of an after-hours backroom poker game to a rundown
jazz joint in Manhattan. Amid card sharks, revolvers, and shallow graves, the
characters who inhabit these stories strive to discover what
is right, what will give them dignity, what will earn them
respect. Whether at the age of ten or thirty-five, all will
come face-to-face with a situation that will brutally
separate the men from the boys.
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