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Overview

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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  • ISBN-13: 9780679732549
  • ISBN-10: 0679732543
  • Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
  • Publish Date: October 1990
  • Dimensions: 7.96 x 5.27 x 0.47 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.41 pounds
  • Page Count: 176

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