The Carrion Birds: A Novel
The Carrion Birds from Urban Waite, author of the highly acclaimed The Terror of Living, is a remarkable work of literary noir.Hired gun Ray Lamar is ready to put his past behind him. He wants to see his twelve-year-old son and start a new life—away from the violence of the last ten years. One...
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The Carrion Birds from Urban Waite, author of the highly acclaimed The Terror of Living, is a remarkable work of literary noir.Hired gun Ray Lamar is ready to put his past behind him. He wants to see his twelve-year-old son and start a new life—away from the violence of the last ten years. One last heist will take him there. All he has to do is steal a rival’s stash. Simple, easy, clean. But when things start to go very wrong, Ray realizes the path to redemption isn’t always easy.A soulful tale of violence, vengeance, and contrition, The Carrion Birds is an elegant depiction of one man’s last chance to make things right.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780062216885 (0062216880)
ASIN: 0062216880
Publish date: 2013-04-16
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
UPDATED 3/27/13 - Interview with Author Urban Waite - below reviewNo Country for Old Middle-Aged MenRay Lamar was a drug enforcer, a killer, but ten years ago it went bad, with the Juarez cartel, a rival to his boss, killing his wife and severely damaging his son in a hit-and-run. Ray had left, feel...
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