Dead and Gone A Burke Novel

by VACHSS, ANDREW

• ISBN13: 9780375725265
• ISBN10: 0375725261
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-11
• Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Summary

From the modern master of noir, Andrew Vachss, comes this heart-topping and bestselling new thriller that completely reinvents the Burke series. Urban Outlaw Burke barely survives an attack by a professional hit squad that kills his partner. With a new face, Burke goes into hiding. And on the hunt.Dead and Gonetakes him from the streets of New York City through a cross-country underground, and deep into his own tortured past. The violent journey ends in a place that exists only in the dreams of the darkest degenerates on earth.

Author Biography

Andrew Vachss, an attorney in private practice specializing in juvenile justice and child abuse, is the country’s best recognized and most widely sought after spokesperson on crimes against children. He is also a bestselling novelist and short story writer, whose works include <b>Flood</b> (1985), the novel which first introduced Vachss’ series character Burke, <b>Strega</b> (1987), <b>Choice of Evil</b> (1999), and <b>Dead and Gone</b> (2000). His short stories have appeared in <i>Esquire</i>, <i>Playboy</i>, and <i>The Observer</i>, and he is a contributor to <i>ABA Journal</i>, <i>Journal of Psychohistory</i>, <i>New England Law Review</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, and <i>Parade</i>.<br><br>Vachss has worked as a federal investigator