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The Wolves of Fairmount Park

The Wolves of Fairmount Park

by Dennis Tafoya (Author)

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    Hardcover 2010

    $9.09
Synopsis

In The Wolves of Fairmount Park , the details of a drive-by shooting are filled in from four perspectives: a cop, the father of a boy shot and left comatose; the father of another boy who was killed; the investigating detective; and the junkie uncle of the cop's kid, who happens to live nearby. Through the fast-paced interweaving of these four distinct voices, Tafoya tells the powerful and moving story of two kids in the wrong place at the wrong time and the lengths that the people around them will go to find the truth.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 352
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Minotaur Books,US
Published: 04 Aug 2010
ISBN 10: 0312531168
ISBN 13: 9780312531164

Media Reviews
Advance Praise for The Wolves of Fairmount Park Dennis Tafoya returns with The Wolves of Fairmount Park , a dark and lyrical novel filled with passion, heartbreak, gorgeous imagery, and devious twists. Brilliant and beautiful. ---Jonathan Maberry, internationally bestselling author of The Dragon Factory Praise for Dope Thief While it bears all the hallmarks of a crime novel, it is also something more, a finely nuanced character study of a criminal trying to get out of the downward spiral of his crimes. . . . Tafoya's prose alternates between a staccato, hard-boiled cadence and a beautiful, near-florid style. . . . Over Dope Thief's final ninety pages, Tafoya's coda elevates his book to the extraordinary. --- Las Vegas Weekly A classic story . . . First-time novelist Dennis Tafoya has a nice sense of how and where his characters live, revealing in stark detail the hardscrabble life of the petty thief. --- Chicago Tribune Raw and redemptive . . . A boy 'born into the life' makes a wrenching attempt to change course or die trying in a first novel that marks Tafoya as a writer to watch. --- Publishers Weekly Tafoya's book starts at a sprint and hits its marks. --- Philadelphia City Paper A fine first novel . . . Tafoya is off to a promising start. . . . The plotting is solid, and the action has a hard, violent edge that recalls Richard Price. --- Booklist
Author Bio
DENNIS TAFOYA was born in Philadelphia and now lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Wolves of Fairmount Park is his second novel.