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This world, then the fireworks

This world, then the fireworks2017

Michael Oblowitz, Jim Thompson, Hanley, Chris (Film producer), Larry Gross

About this book

Marty Lakewood is a reporter forced to leave Chicago and his family because he had uncovered too much police corruption. He returns to his small home town on the California coast to his ailing mother and prostitute sister, with whom he had an incestuous affair. Being short of money, he seduces a woman cop in order to sell her house.

Details

First published
2017
OL Work ID
OL19731436W

Subjects

DramaMurderBrothers and sistersReporters and reportingSeductionFilm adaptations

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