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The Ice Harvest — Scott Phillips
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Published:
Oct-2000 -
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Main Genre:
Suspense -
Time Period:
1960's-1970's 20th Century -
Pages:
217 -
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“BITTERLY FUNNY . . . [A] SLEEK FIRST NOVEL . . . NOIR CRIME . . . HAS FOUND A STERLING NEW CHAMPION IN PHILLIPS.”
�"The New York Times Book Review
“A FUTURE HARD-BOILED CLASSIC�"TIGHT, COLD, AND CACKLING WITH IRONY. On Christmas Eve [in Wichita], a mob lawyer is skipping town with the cash. But in this boozy, neo-noir world�"James M. Cain meets George V. Higgins�"the best-laid plans of bagmen turn brutal.”
�"The Dallas Morning News
“OMINOUS, ACTION-PACKED. . . This is a confident, wry debut . . . [that] may remind readers of Fargo or Pulp Fiction.”
�"Detroit Free Press
“I SIMPLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SCOTT PHILLIPS WILL DO NEXT. [This] funny, tough first novel felt like it was written by an old pro, an Elmore Leonard we've never heard about who's discovered a place where the criminals are really dumb, the low-lifes are oh-so-fun to watch and, if somebody just happens to get what he deserves, there's no one to blame.”
�"RICHARD RUSSO
Author of Straight Man
“A DARKLY COMIC, SOMETIMES BRUTAL PIECE OF NOIR FICTION.”
�"The Denver Post
Finalist for the Hammett Prize
�"The New York Times Book Review
“A FUTURE HARD-BOILED CLASSIC�"TIGHT, COLD, AND CACKLING WITH IRONY. On Christmas Eve [in Wichita], a mob lawyer is skipping town with the cash. But in this boozy, neo-noir world�"James M. Cain meets George V. Higgins�"the best-laid plans of bagmen turn brutal.”
�"The Dallas Morning News
“OMINOUS, ACTION-PACKED. . . This is a confident, wry debut . . . [that] may remind readers of Fargo or Pulp Fiction.”
�"Detroit Free Press
“I SIMPLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SCOTT PHILLIPS WILL DO NEXT. [This] funny, tough first novel felt like it was written by an old pro, an Elmore Leonard we've never heard about who's discovered a place where the criminals are really dumb, the low-lifes are oh-so-fun to watch and, if somebody just happens to get what he deserves, there's no one to blame.”
�"RICHARD RUSSO
Author of Straight Man
“A DARKLY COMIC, SOMETIMES BRUTAL PIECE OF NOIR FICTION.”
�"The Denver Post
Finalist for the Hammett Prize
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