The Booker Prize-winning author of Possession presents a stunning, contemporary story set against the clashing politics, passionate ideals, and shifting sexual roles of the early 1960s. In Byatt's vision, the presiding genius of the day seems to be a blend of the Marquis de Sade and The Hobbit. Peop
Tower of Babel
β Scribed by Michael Sears
- Book ID
- 110877464
- Publisher
- Soho Press
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781641291965
- ASIN
- B07YRSS1GW
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β¦ Synopsis
Shamus Awardβwinning author Michael Sears brings Queens, New York, to literary life in this crime series debut featuring a somewhat seedy lawyer with a heart of gold (or at least gold plate).
Queens, New Yorkβthe most diverse place on earth. Native son Ted Molloy knows these streets like the back of his hand. Ted was once a high-powered Manhattan lawyer, but after a spectacular fall from grace, he has found himself back on his home turf, scraping by as a foreclosure profiteer. Itβs a grubby business, but a safe oneβuntil Tedβs case sourcer, a mostly reformed small-time conman named Richie Rubiano, turns up murdered shortly after tipping Ted off to an improbably lucrative lead.
With Richieβs widow on his back and shadows of the past popping up at every turn, Ted realizes heβs gotten himself embroiled in a murder investigation. His quest for the truth will take him all over Queens, plunging him into the machinations of greedy developers, mobsters, enraged activists, old litigator foes and old-school New York City operators.
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