The House of Whacks
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: April 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781582340241
Subjects: Literary; Fiction; Fiction - Espionage / Thriller; Espionage/Intrigue; Fiction / Literary
First sentence: The sun came up over the sea and washed Manhattan clean; pushing inland, tinting pinks and golds into billowing white clouds above New Jersey smokestacks, sweeping light across Pennsylvania, Ohio, flowing up the seaward side of hills and pooling in the valleys beyond.
Description: "Chicago, 1950. An S&M supermodel, a visionary mafioso; a dying editress of pulp fiction, a legendary horror novelist; a screenwriter stuck in a warzone, a crippled stunt woman; a McCarthy blacklisted cinematographer-turned-pornographer, two warring godfathers, and a heap of Nazi gold. Three perfect heists - same day - same place."--BOOK JACKET.