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By the Balls: The Complete Collection
Paperback
Series: By the Balls, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
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ISBN13: 9781617751592
Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
Published: Apr 2 2013
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.30 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
By the Balls is classic hard-boiled detective fiction reminiscent of Mike Hammer, Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe. Highly recommended. --Midwest Book Review
Reintroducing hard-boiled detective Ben Draketo a whole new generation, By the Balls: The Complete Collection assembles all the early writing of Jim Pascoe and Tom Fassbender--including the bowling alley murder mystery that launched crime fiction house UglyTown--in a redesigned 15th anniversary edition. This deluxe package contains the two underground cult-classic novels By the Balls and Five Shots and a Funeral, along with two brand-new short stories, a new introduction, and over a dozen short essays by industry luminaries.
Perfect for fans of Hammett and Chandler, these tales follow the exploits of Ben Drake, a detective with a passion for small cigars and big fights, a love of Old Grand-Dad, and a weakness for women in trouble. North of Las Vegas in the fictional town of Testacy City, Drake sniffs out killers, thieves, kidnappers, cock fighters, double crossers, crooked cops, and numbers runners--all culminating in the bizarre murder of Gentleman Joe Biggs, a well-loved local bowling hero. As he continues to crack clues in the case, Drake is drawn deeper into a citywide criminal conspiracy.Together, Jim Pascoe and Tom Fassbender cofounded UglyTown, the acclaimed independent crime fiction publishing company. They gave voice to then-newcomers Sean Doolittle, Victor Gischler, Curt Colbert, and Rodney Johnson as well as veterans Eddie Muller, Gary Phillips, and Nathan Walpow.
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