Backflash
By: Richard Stark ; with a new foreword by Lawrence Block
Contributors: Block, Lawrence
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780226770604
Subjects: Criminals; Hijacking of ships; Parker (Fictitious character); Fiction
Description: The master thief, Parker, plots to rob a floating casino on the Hudson River. He puts together a team of robbers, ensures weapons are smuggled on board, and arranges for a getaway boat. The planning is meticulous, but will chance favor the enterprise?