num_pages: 352
description: The Main is Montreal’s teeming underworld, where the dark streets echo with cries in a dozen languages, with the quick footsteps of thieves and the whispers of prostitutes. It is a world where violence and brutality are a way of life. To the people of the Main, police lieutenant Claude LaPointe is judge and jury, father confessor and avenging angel. Montreal’s police force has changed over time, but LaPointe has not. His commitment to justice is total, as is his devotion to the Main and its underworld community. But when a cold-blooded murderer invades LaPointe’s territory, he is forced to examine his long-held beliefs and secrets and to confront his own loneliness and mortality. With a cast of unforgettable supporting characters and an unusual and remarkable hero, The Main is another gripping tale of death and danger, of action and mystery, by the incomparable Trevanian.Look for these other Trevanian classics from Three Rivers Press: The Eiger Sanction, The Loo Sanction, Shibumi, and The Summer of Katya.
language: English
title: The Main
titlecomplete: The Main
genres: Canada, Thriller, Detective, Novels, Crime, Literature, Noir, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 1444
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: このミステリーがすごい！
category: Best Translated Mystery Novel of the Year in Japan, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Japan Adventure Fiction Association Prize 日本冒険小説協会大賞特別賞
category: Best Translated Novel
publisher: Crown