How to Rob an Armored Car

by Iain Levison

• ISBN13: 9781569477113
• ISBN10: 1569477116
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

Summary

#x1C;Levison is a sly storyteller . . . by turns funny, sad, and insightful.#x1D;- Booklist #x1C;Plenty of humor in [Levison's] gruff caper, but he punctuates the laughs with just the right hint of sadness. . . . A lean crime story and a stark alternative to glossier capers.#x1D;- Kirkus Reviews Praise for Iain Levison: #x1C;Levison is the real deal . . . bracing, hilarious, and dead on.#x1D;- The New York Times Book Review #x1C;There is a naked, pitiless power in his work.#x1D;- USA Today #x1C;Mr. Levison writes tight, punchy prose, with deadpan humor and a mixture of savvy about and sympathy for his fellow working stiffs.#x1D;- The Wall Street Journal #x1C;Exciting, funny, poignant and sociologically important.#x1D;- Chicago Tribune #x1C;An amusingly bleak little (im)moral fable. . . . A gleeful satire.#x1D;- Detroit Free Press #x1C;Loaded with hilarious deadpan humor.#x1D;- Dallas Morning News In a dying Pennsylvania coal town, three firends are looking for a way out. Mitch is a rebellious malcontent whose bad attitude gets him fired from a chain big box store. Doug can identify any pill by sight and any #x18;80s rock song by the first three notes but doesn#x19;t understand credit scores. Kevin got married and had a kid too soon and is now on parole after serving jail time for growing marijuana. The three of them dabble in petty crime and believe they have a talent for it. They start by stealing a high-definition TV, then set their sights on bigger scores. Soon things begin to get out of hand. Iain Levisonis the author of A Working Stiff#x19;s Manifesto, an account of his post-collegiate work experience, consisting of forty-two jobs in ten years, and of two previous novels, Since the Layoffsand Dog Eats Dog. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina. From the Trade Paperback edition.