What I want the books to do is make people angry. I'm not looking to raise consciousness, because I think that's a waste of time. But anger is the fuel that drives America. Until we get angry about it we just change channels. But his penchant for vengeance and self-administered justice tends to temper his charms.
Mastiffs have huge heads and slobber a lot.
The Assyrians used them to hunt lions. They are also said to be very good with children. Andrew Vachss grew up in Manhattan, the Lower West Side. When the elder Vachss returned from the war, multiple injuries kept him tied to a factory bench and the family to a low-income life style. Andrew and his brother grew up close enough to the streets to know their way around.