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Adam Lloyd Baker
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New York GraphicNew York Graphic Newpbk 24 Sep 98


New British Pbk Original - Gollancz (1998)

New York Graphic
Pictures: Virgil roams the night-time streets, camera loaded, waiting for the horror to go down. Earphones clamped to his head relay the police waveband: static and incident codes, an urgent location report live from hell.
A Body: A headless priest. A man who believed in divine justice snuffed in an absurd accident. One big cosmic joke. Virgil gets it on film. Virgil needs money fast but nobody wants to print his catalogue of atrocities. Not the Times, not the Post. The only outlet for Virgil's extreme art is a tabloid that takes sleaze to new depths: the New York Graphic
The Score: Virgil wants a staff job on the Graphic. To get it he needs pictures to make him famous, a crime unfolding before his lens. Larry, a nickel-and-dime con artist and Virgil's only friend, dreams of the audacious robbery that will make his fortune.
Maybe they can cut a deal …
New York Graphic:is first novel of sheer brilliance: compulsively readable, funny as hell. It captures the dance of death played out in the city's backstreets and alleys better than anything since Last Exit to Brooklyn

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About The Author
Adam Lloyd Baker was born in Gloucester; studied theology at London University and used to work as a grave digger: His current job is as a cinema projectionist. He lives in Cheltenham.

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N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

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