Overview
Better the Devil You Know, set in Vancouver in 1907, centres on the picaresque adventures of a small-time con man who passes himself off as an evangelical preacher, the scrawny hooker whom he reluctantly befriends, and the five-year-old hellion left in his care by a former lady friend. In the course of their adventures, these three misfits become involved with a larcenous lingerie salesman, a Klondike miner bent on recovering his stolen poke, a madam intent on revenge for past wrongs, a pugilistic lady barkeep, two doctors determined to acquire a cadaver of their own, a handful of incompetent/ corrupt cops, and a piano teacher with reforming zeal. The pace is riotous, the action continuous, and nobody -- good or bad -- ever gets a break.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780920576885
- ISBN-10: 0920576885
- Publisher: Caitlin Press
- Publish Date: January 2001
- Dimensions: 8.98 x 6.06 x 0.44 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.61 pounds
- Page Count: 160
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