Afterburn A Novel

by Harrison, Colin

• ISBN13: 9780312978709
• ISBN10: 0312978707
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-19
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks

Summary

Power. Seduction. Greed. If you get too close, you might get burned. APeoplePage-Turner of the Week Charlie Ravitch is driven by power. As an international corporate tycoon he's well-skilled in the art of the deal. As a former Vietnam POW he still carries the scars of war. As a husband and father on the hard side of fifty he's on a quest for immortality-- and for a woman who can make every dream come true. No matter what it costs. Christina Welles is driven by greed. As a prison parolee, she's a veteran of dangerous-- and seductive-- relationships, a cunning woman well-schooled in the art of manipulation. Her bid to stay alive on the streets means outrunning her past, and escaping a lie that threatens every life she touches. No matter what it takes. In a moment of chance, two lives are about to intersect. In a nightmarish twist of fate, two obsessions are about to be indulged. And in a world where anything goes, one false move can destroy them both... AnEntertainment WeeklyBest Book of the Year

Author Biography

Colin Harrison is the deputy editor of Harper's Magazine.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Takhli Air Force Base, Thailand: May 1972	p. 3
China Club, Hong Kong: September 7, 1999	p. 32
Women's Correctional Facility, Bedford Hills, New York: September 7, 1999	p. 53
Orient Point, Long Island, New York: September 7, 1999	p. 72
817 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan: September 9, 1999	p. 88
215 East Fourth Street, Manhattan: September 9, 1999	p. 111
604 Carroll Street, Brooklyn: September 11, 1999	p. 148
Park Avenue Partners Fertility Clinic, Forty-eighth Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan: September 14, 1999	p. 178
Staten Island Ferry, New York Harbor: September 14, 1999	p. 202
Jim-Jack Bar and Restaurant, Broadway and Bleecker, Manhattan: September 15, 1999	p. 226
Snyder, Wainwright, Lovell and Passaro, Fiftieth Street and Lexington Avenue, Manhattan: September 20, 1999	p. 246
Bar, Pierre Hotel, Sixty-first Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan: September 20, 1999	p. 261
Near Thirteenth Street and Tenth Avenue, Manhattan: September 21, 1999	p. 267
Room 527, Pierre Hotel, Sixty-first Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan: September 21, 1999	p. 292
Emergency Room, Bellevue Hospital, East Twenty-seventh Street and First Avenue, Manhattan: September 22, 1999	p. 306
Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China: September 24, 1999	p. 316
Pioneer Hotel, 341 Broome Street, Chinatown, Manhattan: September 27, 1999	p. 344
Vista del Mar Retirement Village, Princeton, New Jersey: September 27, 1999	p. 351
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Brooklyn: September 28, 1999	p. 409
MandR Bar-Dining Room, 264 Elizabeth Street, Manhattan: September 28, 1999	p. 421
Near Thirteenth Street and Tenth Avenue, Manhattan: September 28, 1999	p. 426
Edwards Air Force Base, California: Spring, 1966	p. 430
106th Street and Columbus Avenue, Manhattan: November 2, 1999	p. 432
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