
Shoot the Piano Player
by David Goodis
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.
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.
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Shoot the Piano Player
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 9780887390302 ISBN 10: 0887390307
Publisher: Black Lizard 1987
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Shoot the Piano Player
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ISBN: 9780679732549 ISBN 10: 0679732543
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 1990
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