A world of thieves

James Carlos Blake

first published 2002 William Morrow, 2002 295 pages

In 1928 New Orleans, eighteen-year-old Sonny LaSalle is a top prep student and champion amateur boxer -- and he venerates his fraternal twin uncles, Buck and Russell, armed robbers who love their profession. Sonny secretly believes that he, too, is a natural outlaw and persuades his uncles to take him on as a partner. But when a bank job goes bad, Sonny is sent to jail, where he unintentionally kills a policeman who...

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World of Thieves edition · 2007 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061369193
World of Thieves edition · 2007 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061369179
A World of Thieves edition · 2007 · HarperCollins · 9780061369155
World of Thieves edition · 2007 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061369209
World of Thieves edition · 2007 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061369186
Un monde de voleurs edition · 2005 · Le Grand livre du mois · 258 pages · 9782286003944
World of Thieves edition · 2002 · HarperCollins Publishers · 9780060512477
A world of thieves edition · 2002 · William Morrow · 295 pages

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