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020 _a9781587240942
050 _aPS3515.U585
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100 1 _aEd Mcbain
245 1 _aCandyland
260 _bCengage Gale
300 _a374 pages
520 _aEvan Hunter is known for his powerful novels and screenplays. Ed McBain is known for portraying the soul of the cop. Both are bestselling storytellers who have received worldwide acclaim. Now, they join for the first time to write a single story -- a powerful novel of obsession.Benjamin Thorpe is a successful Los Angeles architect -- and a man obsessed. Alone in New York City on business, he spends the empty hours of the night in a compulsive search for female companionship. Part I is a fever-pitched search for identity, seen through Benjamin's eyes and told in classic Evan Hunter style.In Part II, told by Ed McBain, Emma Boyle of the Special Victims Unit is assigned to the case of a murdered prostitute. As the foggy events of the previous night come into sharper focus, Thorpe becomes an ever more possible suspect. Shocking, bold, and compulsively readable, Candyland is a groundbreaking literary event.
650 _aThriller/Intrigue
700 1 _aEvan Hunter
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