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Shoot the Piano Player - by David Goodis (Paperback)

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  • Once upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall.
  • About the Author: David Goodis (1917-1967), born in Philadelphia, was a screenwriter and author of crime fiction well known for his novel Dark Passage.
  • 176 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective

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Once upon a time Eddie played conert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall. Now he bangs out honky-tonk for drunks in a dive in Philadelphia. But then two people walk into Eddie's life--the first promising Eddie a future, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past.



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Once upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall. Now he bangs out honky-tonk for drunks in a dive in Philadelphia. But then two people walk into Eddie's life--the first promising Eddie a future, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past.

Shoot the Piano Player is a bittersweet and nerve-racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty: the kind a man owes his family, no matter how bad that family is; the kind a man owes a woman; and, ultimately, the loyalty he owes himself. The result is a moody thriller that, like the best hard-boiled fiction, carries a moral depth charge.



About the Author



David Goodis (1917-1967), born in Philadelphia, was a screenwriter and author of crime fiction well known for his novel Dark Passage. He wrote the screenplay for Dark Passage which starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He had received a B.A. in Journalism from Temple University in 1938.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.96 Inches (H) x 5.27 Inches (W) x .47 Inches (D)
Weight: .41 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 176
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Mystery & Detective
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Theme: Hard-Boiled
Format: Paperback
Author: David Goodis
Language: English
Street Date: October 3, 1990
TCIN: 90808160
UPC: 9780679732549
Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-2972
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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