Benny Bunt is an ex-speed freak, a helplessly dominated husband, a misfit on the sun-bleached, fog-drenched streets of Southern California, and a barfly who makes pocket money snitching on his friends. You will like him. 'Everybody knows that California sunshine is the world's loneliest light,' says Benny, who inhabits an underworld of desperados and grotesques and spends much of his free time at the Greasy Tuesday, a squalid neighbourhood dive teeming with legends. One night, one of these legends walks through the door: ...
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Benny Bunt is an ex-speed freak, a helplessly dominated husband, a misfit on the sun-bleached, fog-drenched streets of Southern California, and a barfly who makes pocket money snitching on his friends. You will like him. 'Everybody knows that California sunshine is the world's loneliest light,' says Benny, who inhabits an underworld of desperados and grotesques and spends much of his free time at the Greasy Tuesday, a squalid neighbourhood dive teeming with legends. One night, one of these legends walks through the door: Gus 'Mad Dog' Miller, a huge, tattoo-laden Vietnam vet who sports a necklace of severed ears and is said to have lobotomized a gang of Viet Cong with a single chopstick. Benny soon finds himself entranced by this twisted Falstaffian personality. Six months later, Benny is arrested on suspicion of double murder after attending the freak 'Howling Head' festival in the Mojave Desert. Goffard, a reporter for the "Los Angeles Times", now lends his considerable talent to fiction, bringing to life the darker side of west coast counter-culture through a colourful array of bizarre, ribald characters. "Snitch Jacket" will be a delight for fans of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen and Hunter S Thompson, and Benny Bunt will definitely give the Coen brothers' The Dude a run for his money.
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Add this copy of Snitch Jacket to cart. $13.06, good condition, Sold by Goodwill Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hillsboro, OR, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by The Overlook Press.
Add this copy of Snitch Jacket to cart. $18.00, very good condition, Sold by Bungalow Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pueblo, CO, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Rookery Press.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1585679542. Signed and dated by Goffard. The dust jacket has a trace of rubbing. A debut novel about a 41-year-old dishwasher and his adventures in a working class bar in Costa Mesa, California.; 262 pages; Signed by Author.
Add this copy of Snitch Jacket to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by Friends Walnut Creek Library rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Walnut Creek, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Overlook Press.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Dust jacket has Mylar cover. Clean pages, tight binding. Nice coy. Signed by author. With dust jacket. 263 p. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of Snitch Jacket to cart. $21.84, new condition, Sold by West Coast Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Moorpark, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Overlook/Rookery.
Add this copy of Snitch Jacket to cart. $21.95, very good condition, Sold by Karl Theis rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Torrance, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Overlook/Rookery.
Add this copy of Snitch Jacket: a Novel to cart. $24.50, like new condition, Sold by Garys Books-Log Cabin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Apache Junction, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Rookery/Overlook Rookery.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. Signed on Full Title Page First Printing. Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. DATED by the author on Oct. 20, 2007.
Add this copy of Snitch Jacket to cart. $38.25, like new condition, Sold by Eureka Books of CA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Eureka, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Rookery.
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Fine jacket. 262 pages. The author's first novel. Goffard shared the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in Journalism with his colleagues at the Los Angeles Times for their reporting on government corruption by city officials in Bell, California. First edition (first printing). A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Combining elements of classic noir, dark comedy, and a misfits memoir reminiscent of Notes from the Underground, Goffard brings life to the darker side of West Coast counter-culture, in a literary crime novel that will delight readers.
Add this copy of Snitch Jacket to cart. $41.44, very good condition, Sold by MagicCarpetBooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Carson City, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Overlook/Rookery.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First Edition" stated plus full number line. 262 pages. Signed by the author along with his favorite line from the book. A clean, attractive copy. "Goffard's prose shimmers with intelligence and humor, and he has a keen ear for telling detail. Fans of such cultish neo-noir scribes such as Charlie Huston and Duane Swierczynski will be richly rewarded."-PW.
Add this copy of Snitch Jacket (Signed First Edition) to cart. $52.00, new condition, Sold by Dan Pope Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from WEST Hartford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Overlook.
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New in New jacket. Signed by Author(s) New York: Overlook [2007]. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very fine/Very fine. A clean unread copy. 0.0.
