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Joe Hustle : a novel / Richard Lange.
Joe Hustle is a survivor. A Gulf War vet and ex-con always one stumble away from catastrophe, he manages to scrape together enough money from various jobs to eke out a precarious existence on the darker fringes of Los Angeles. When he meets Emily, the black-sheep daughter of a wealthy family, the two spark an instant connection--she seems like the best thing to happen to him in a while. But their whirlwind romance is put to the test when what starts out as a simple favor for a friend leaves Joe homeless, unemployed, and on the wrong side of a vengeful drug dealer. An impulsive offer to go on a road trip with Emily promises to take them out of harm's way but may only lead to more chaos.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316568470 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 255 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Mulholland Books/Little, Brown & Company, 2024.
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| Subject: | Ex-convicts > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Organized crime > Fiction. Veterans > Fiction. Working poor > Fiction. Los Angeles (Calif.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Noir fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Lange | 31681010379691 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
When a simple favor for a friend leaves him homeless, unemployed and on the wrong side of a drug dealer, Gulf War vet and ex-con Joe Hustle joins his new girlfriend, the black sheep daughter of a wealthy family, on a road trip that leads to even more chaos. - Grand Central Pub
From an award-winning author, a âlean and gritty, thoughtful and nuancedâ neo-noir. Joe Hustle has never had much luckâbut things start looking up when he meets an intriguing new woman and scores a rare windfall. Can he outrun disaster long enough to turn things around? (Michael Koryta, author of An Honest Man)
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Joe Hustle is a survivor. An Iraq War vet and ex-con always one stumble away from catastrophe, he manages to scrape together enough money from various jobs to eke out a precarious existence on the darker fringes of Los Angeles. When he meets Emily, the black-sheep daughter of a wealthy family, the two spark an instant connectionâshe seems like the best thing to happen to him in a while.
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But their whirlwind romance is put to the test when what starts out as a simple favor for a friend leaves Joe homeless, unemployed, and on the wrong side of a vengeful drug dealer. An impulsive offer to go on a road trip with Emily promises to take them out of harmâs wayâbut may only lead to more chaos.
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Part hard-boiled love story, part thriller, part portrait of a tormented yet resilient soul, Joe Hustle ratchets up the tension as it rockets from the after-hours clubs and dive bars of the mean streets of L.A. to the mansions of the Hollywood Hills and, finally, to the desolate highways of the Southwest. What emerges is a gritty portrait of a man who may be down but can never be counted out.
