Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large
Author | : Walter Mosley |
Publisher | : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2016-05-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781101973530 |
ISBN-13 | : 1101973536 |
Rating | : 4/5 (536 Downloads) |
Download or read book Archibald Lawless, Anarchist at Large written by Walter Mosley and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Selection Young journalism student Felix Orlean is in over his head. Against his better judgment, he is temporarily under the employ of the mad yet charismatic anarchist detective Archibald Lawless, a witness to murder, and under investigation for the theft of millions of dollars in red diamonds. Caught in an impossible predicament, Orlean plunges into an underworld populated by shady denizens. With Lawless, he unravels a big-money conspiracy involving cold-blooded assassination, hide-away real estate in Manhattan, a network of international criminals, a lethal siren named Lana Drexel, and the richest man in Canada. A brilliant, absurdist novella and a biting work of political commentary, Walter Mosley’s “Archibald Lawless” is a masterpiece of contemporary American crime fiction. An ebook short.