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Author: John Gregory Dunne, George Pelecanos. Subtitle: A Novel. Format: Paperback. Missing Information?. Country/Region of Manufacture: US. Language: English. Release Date: 21/12/2005. Genre: Fiction.

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In 1940s Los Angeles, an unidentified murder victim is found bisected in a shadowy lot. A catchy nickname is given her in jest, The Virgin Tramp ,and suddenly a nice little homicide that would have drifted off the front pages in a couple of days becomes a storm centre. Two brothers, Tom and Des Spellacy, are at the heart of this powerful novel of Irish-Catholic life in Southern California just after World War II. Played in the film version by Robert Duvall and Robert De Niro respectively, Tom is a homicide detective and Des is a priest on the rise within the Church. The murder investigation provides the background against which are played the ever changing loyalties of the two brothers. Theirs is a world of favours and fixes, power and promises, inhabited by priests and pimps, cops and contractors, boxers and jockeys and lesbian fight promoters and lawyers who know how to put the fix in. A fast-paced and often hilarious classic of contemporary fiction, True Confessions is about a crime that has no solutions, only victims. More important, it is about the complex relationship between Tom and Des Spellacy, each tainted with the guilt and hostility that separate brothers.

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Thunder's Mouth Press
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9781560258155
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True Confessions: a Novel
Author
John Dunne, George Pelecanos
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Paperback
Language
English
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Literature
Publication Year
2005
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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210mm
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George Pelecanos, John Dunne
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United States

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by mcpeake32103 Aug, 2016
Extremely crude but well written
Perhaps men might like this book more than women. It was a book club selection or I would not have gotten by the first chapter. It starts out with a young woman who has been murdered with sexual torture implied. It had potential in terms of the relationship between two brothers, one a cop and one a priest but the tone of the book is so off putting and the brother dynamic not strong enough to make it a worthwhile read, for me at least.
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