The much-loved comic thriller by the author of the Edgar Award-winning
The Butcher's Boy is now, by popular demand, back in print, featuring a new Introduction by bestselling author Carl Hiaasen.
When Leroy "Chinese" Gordon breaks into a professor's lab at the University of Los Angeles, he's after some pharmaceutical cocaine, worth plenty of money. Instead, he finds the papers the professor has compiled for the CIA, which include a blueprint for throwing a large city into chaos. But how is the CIA to be persuaded to pay a suitable ransom, unless of course someone actually uses the plan to throw a large city into chaos--Los Angeles, for instance? Assigned to cope with the crisis and restore the peace, veteran agent Ben Porterfield steps onto the scene to remind us that the CIA's middle name is, after all, Intelligence. Enlivening the mix are Gordon's beautiful girlfriend, Margaret, his temperamental cat, Dr. Henry Metzger, and Metzger's friend, an enormous half-wild dog with huge teeth.
About the AuthorThomas Perry won an Edgar Award for
The Butcher's Boy, and
Metzger's Dog was one of the
New York Times's Notable Books of the Year. His other books include
The Face-Changers,
Shadow Woman,
Dance for the Dead, and
Vanishing Act. He lives in Southern California with his wife and two daughters.
CARL HIAASEN was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of thirteen previous novels, including the best sellers
Razor Girl, Bad Monkey, Star Island, Nature Girl, Skinny Dip, Sick Puppy, and
Lucky You, and five best-selling children's books,
Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp, and
Skink. His most recent work of nonfiction is
Dance of the Reptiles, a collection of his columns from
The Miami Herald.www.carlhiaasen.com
CARL HIAASEN is available for select readings and lectures. To inquire about a possible appearance, please contact Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau at speakers@penguinrandomhouse.com or visit www.prhspeakers.com.