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The Big Fix: A Hard-Boiled Crime Novel
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781515424598
Publisher: Black Curtain Press
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 186
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A hard-edged crime novel centered on corruption, vice, and the mechanics of power beneath the surface of urban life. In The Big Fix, Ed Lacy constructs a tightly controlled narrative in which personal ambition, criminal enterprise, and institutional compromise intersect, revealing the pressures that shape both individuals and systems.
Lacy's work is marked by its direct prose and unembellished approach to character and setting, aligning it with mid-twentieth-century American crime fiction that emphasizes motive, consequence, and the ambiguities of justice. The novel moves through a landscape of deals, betrayals, and calculated risks, maintaining a steady focus on the human factors that drive criminal activity.
This edition presents the original text in a clear and readable format, preserving the tone and structure of Lacy's work while offering a stable modern typesetting.
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