Bøger af Iain Levison

In a dying Pennsylvania coal town, three friends are looking for a way out. Mitch is a rebellious malcontent whose bad attitude gets him fired from a chain big box store. Doug can identify any pill by sight and any '80s rock song by the first three notes but doesn't understand credit scores. Kevin got married and had a kid too soon and is now on parole after serving jail time for growing marijuana. The three of them dabble in petty crime and believe they have a talent for it. They start by stealing a high-definition TV, then set their sights on bigger scores. Soon things begin to get out of hand.

Ein beruhender Krimi über die Frage nach Schuld und Gerechtigkeit.Als Jeff Sutton, Taxifahrer in Dallas, eine Frau vom Flughafen zu ihrer teuren Villa fährt, hat sie nicht genug Geld dabei und bitte ihn herein. Kurz darauf verschwindet ihre 12-jährige Tochter. Jeff wird kurzerhand in die Untersuchungshaft gesperrt, wo seine einzige Bezugsperson ein Mörder wird, der allerdings an Jeffs Unschuld glaubt. Doch dann kommt am Tag der Urteilsverkündung alles ganz anders als gedacht...Iain Levison ist ein US-amerikanischer Autor. Als er nach seinem Studium zunächst keinen festen Job fand, hielt er sich mit Gelegenheitsjobs über Wasser und schrieb später Bücher über seinen Erfahrungen, die er in über 40 Jobs innerhalb von zehn Jahren gesammelt hatte.

Praise for Iain Levison:"e;The real deal . . . bracing, hilarious and dead on."e;--The New York Times Book Review"e;Witty, deft, well-conceived writing that combines sharp satire with real suspense."e;--Kirkus Reviews"e;Levison writes tight, punchy prose, with deadpan humor and savvy."e;--The Wall Street JournalPhilip Dixon is down on his luck. An escape from a lucrative but botched bank robbery lands him bleeding and on the verge of collapse in a college town in New Hampshire. How can he find a place to hide out in this innocent setting? Peering into the window of the nearest house, he sees a glimmer of hope: a man in his mid-thirties, obviously some kind of academic, is rolling around on the living room floor with an attractive high-school student. Professor Elias White is then blackmailed into harboring a dangerous fugitive, as Dixon--with a cool quarter-million in his bag and dreams of Canada in his head--gets ready for the last phase of his escape.But the last phase is always the hardest. Attractive and persistent FBI agent Denise Lupo is on his trail. As for Elias White, his surprising transition from respected academic to willing accomplice poses a ruthless threat that Dixon would be foolish to underestimate."e;...Funny and acerbic, and crackles with raw energy."e;--The Sunday Times (UK)Iain Levison was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1963. Since moving to the United States, he has worked as a fisherman, carpenter, and cook, and he has detailed his woes of wage slavery in A Working Stiffs Manifesto. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.