内容(「BOOK」データベースより)
一週間千ドルで、コブラという男を捜してほしい―フラッドと名乗る小娘の依頼は、バークにはうまい話に思われた。だが彼女は、幼児虐待殺人鬼コブラに復讐を誓う女性武術家だった…前科27犯のアウトロー探偵バークが、聾唖の武術の達人、黒人の預言者、マッドサイエンティスト、魅惑的な男娼らをひきつれ、NYの暗黒街で最低のうじ虫を追いつめる。ポスト・ネオ・ハードボイルドの旗手ヴァクス、衝撃のデビュー作。
About the Author
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
Flood (1985), the novel which first introduced Vachss’ series character Burke,
Strega (1987),
Choice of Evil (1999), and
Dead and Gone (2000). His short stories have appeared in
Esquire,
Playboy, and
The Observer, and he is a contributor to
ABA Journal,
Journal of Psychohistory,
New England Law Review,
The New York Times, and
Parade.
Vachss has worked as a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a caseworker in New York, and a professional organizer. He was the director of an urban migrants re-entry center in Chicago and another for ex-cons in Boston. After managing a maximum-security prison for violent juvenile offenders, he published his first book, a textbook, about the experience. He was also deeply involved in the relief effort in Biafra, now Nigeria.
For ten years, Vachss’ law practice combined criminal defense with child protection, until, with the success of his novels, it segued exclusively into the latter, which is his passion. Vachss calls the child protective movement “a war,” and considers his writing as powerful a weapon as his litigation.
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