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Thieves Fall Out by Gore Vidal (2015, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherTitan Books The Limited
ISBN-101781167923
ISBN-139781781167922
eBay Product ID (ePID)204188832
Product Key Features
Book TitleThieves Fall Out
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2015
TopicThrillers / Crime, Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Crime
GenreFiction
AuthorGore Vidal
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width5.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-296819
Reviews"The fast-moving plot is enhanced by the superbly rendered Cairo settings, evoking the era of King Farouk. This curiosity is another clue that helps complete the complex puzzle of Gore Vidal's personality and talent." - Bay Area Reporter "A hell of a lot of fun." - LitReactor "Pour yourself a piña colada and pretend you are baking in the Cairene sun." - Flavorwire "THIEVES FALL OUT is a gourmet tale with fast-food accessibility. It's so tasty I want to go see what else Vidal has on the shelf." - Noir Journal "Thieves Fall Out is an engaging and intriguing novel that most authors would be happy to have in their catalog of works." - Borg "It's the kind of curiosity that Hard Case Crime excels at producing: a peek into the formative years of a gifted and influential writer." - October Country, "THIEVES FALL OUT is a gourmet tale with fast-food accessibility. It's so tasty I want to go see what else Vidal has on the shelf." - Noir Journal "Thieves Fall Out is an engaging and intriguing novel that most authors would be happy to have in their catalog of works." - Borg
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813.54
SynopsisThe lost pulp crime novel by great American novelist Gore Vidal! Hired to smuggle an ancient artefact out of Egypt, Pete Wells finds himself the target of killers and femme fatales - and just one step away from triggering a revolution that will set Cairo aflame! Thieves Fall Out employs the brisk, tongue-in-cheek tone of the Edgar Box novels. The cast of characters includes Hastings, "British subject, born to be hanged," and Helene, Contesse de Rastignac, "Parisienne, phony as a three-dollar bill, a lovely vulture." Laced with wry humor, the novel carries its suspense to an explosive climax: "Small wonder," says the back cover, "with a cutthroat crew like this on its register, the world-famed Shepheard's Hotel blew up.", ON THE EVE OF REVOLUTION, EGYPT IS A TINDERBOX. WILL ONE AMERICAN LIGHT THE SPARK THAT SETS IT ABLAZE? Gore Vidal was one of America's greatest and most controversial writers. The author of twenty-three novels, five plays, three memoirs, numerous screenplays and short stories, and well over two hundred essays, he received the National Book Award in 1993. In 1953, Vidal had already begun writing the works that would launch him to the top ranks of American authors and intellectuals. But in the wake of criticism for the scandalous content of his third novel, The City and the Pillar , Vidal turned to writing crime fiction under pseudonyms: three books as "Edgar Box" and one as "Cameron Kay." The Edgar Box novels were subsequently republished under his real name. The Cameron Kay never was. Lost for more than 60 years and overflowing with political and sexual intrigue, Thieves Fall Out provides a delicious glimpse into the mind of Gore Vidal in his formative years. By turns mischievous and deadly serious, Vidal tells the story of a man caught up in events bigger than he is, a down-on-his-luck American hired to smuggle an ancient relic out of Cairo at a time when revolution is brewing and heads are about to roll. One part Casablanca and one part torn-from-the-headlines tabloid reportage, this novel also offers a startling glimpse of Egypt in turmoil -- written over half a century ago, but as current as the news streaming from the streets of Cairo today.
LC Classification NumberPS3543.I26
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