New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large 8vo. Large 8vo. (10), 339 (3) pp. First Edition, 1988. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. No markings, binding tight, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Black half-cloth with black paper-covered boards, and glossy blue lettering to front board and spine. Pictorial dj in acetate protector. "Andrew Henry Vachss (born October 19, 1942) is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths. Andrew Vachss is the author of 33 novels and three collections of short stories, as well as poetry, plays, song lyrics, and graphic novels. As a novelist, he is perhaps best known for his Burke series of hardboiled mysteries.".

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Andrew Vachss, an attorney in private practice specializing in juvenile justice and child abuse, is the country’s best recognized and most widely sought after spokesperson on crimes against children. He is also a bestselling novelist and short story writer, whose works include Flood (1985), the novel which first introduced Vachss’ series character Burke, Strega (1987), Choice of Evil (1999), and Dead and Gone (2000). His short stories have appeared in Esquire , Playboy , and The Observer , and he is a contributor to ABA Journal , Journal of Psychohistory , New England Law Review , The New York Times , and Parade . Vachss has worked as a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a caseworker in New York, and a professional organizer. He was the director of an urban migrants re-entry center in Chicago and another for ex-cons in Boston. After managing a maximum-security prison for violent juvenile offenders, he published his first book, a textbook, about the experience. He was also deeply involved in the relief effort in Biafra, now Nigeria. For ten years, Vachss’ law practice combined criminal defense with child protection, until, with the success of his novels, it segued exclusively into the latter, which is his passion. Vachss calls the child protective movement “a war,” and considers his writing as powerful a weapon as his litigation.

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006540
Title: Blue Belle: A Novel
Author: Vachss, Andrew
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0394572289
ISBN 13: 9780394572284
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1988
Keywords: MYSTERY & SCIFI AMERICAN MYSTERY AND CRIME WRITER FICTION NOVEL
Bookseller catalogs: MYSTERY & SCIFI;
Size: Large 8vo

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