Citizen Vince
By Jess Walter
(Harper Perennial, Paperback, 9780061577659, 320pp.)
Publication Date: June 2008
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover, Paperback
Categories: General
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At 1:59 a.m. in Spokane, Washington—eight days before the 1980 presidential election—Vince Camden pockets his stash of stolen credit cards and drops by an all-night poker game before heading to his witness-protection job dusting crullers at Donut Make You Hungry. Along with a neurotic hooker girlfriend, this is the total sum of Vince's new life. But when a familiar face shows up in town, Vince realizes his sordid past is still too close behind him. During the next unforgettable week, he'll negotiate a coast-to-coast maze of obsessive cops, eager politicians, and assorted mobsters—only to find that redemption might exist, of all places, in the voting booth.
Jess Walter is the author of The Zero (a finalist for the National Book Award), Citizen Vince (a winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel), Land of the Blind , Ruby Ridge, and Over Tumbled Graves (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year). He lives in Spokane, Washington, with his family.
“A splendidly entertaining, thoughtful book ... Jess Walter continues to impress.”
-Sunday Telegraph
“(An) immensely entertaining crime thriller and wry social commentary.”
-Chicago Tribune
1st Place, General Trade-Jacket, New York Book Show
-No Source
“What makes Walter’s third novel so enjoyable is Vince, a flawed but sympathetic character trying to find redemption.”
-Library Journal
“Rich in robust characters ad wry dialogue, with agile prose, a big heart and a finely tuned plot.”
-Seattle Times
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