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Andrew Vachss

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Andrew Vachss has been a federal investigator in sexually transmitted diseases, a social-services caseworker, a labor organizer, and has directed a maximum-security prison for “aggressive-violent” youth. Now a lawyer in private practice, he represents children and youths exclusively. He is the author of numerous novels, including the Burke series, two collections of short stories, and a wide variety of other material including song lyrics, graphic novels, essays, and a “children’s book for adults.” His books have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Antaeus, Esquire, Playboy, the New York Times, and many other forums. A native New Yorker, he now divides his time between the city of his birth and the Pa...more


This is not a comment/criticism of the Publishers Weekly review of Aftershock. Opinions? Sure. First Amendment? Goes with saying. But when something is stated as fact, that's another story. The following quotes from the review are simply untrue:

[Dell] spends his time taking care of his woman


This is debatable, as Dolly certainly can take care of herself, but this:

killing those he considers the...
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Average rating: 3.92 · 18,480 ratings · 976 reviews · 67 distinct works · Similar authors
Flood (Burke, #1)
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 1,666 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions
Strega (Burke, #2)
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 1,270 ratings — published 1987 — 21 editions
Blue Belle (Burke, #3)
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 1,157 ratings — published 1988 — 17 editions
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,076 ratings — published 1989 — 17 editions
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Down in the Zero (Burke, #7)
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 843 ratings — published 1994 — 15 editions
Sacrifice (Burke, #6)
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 797 ratings — published 1991 — 18 editions
Safe House (Burke, #10)
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 696 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions
Dead and Gone (Burke, #12)
4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 666 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions
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The Weight (Mystery & Thrillers)
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Description: An excerpt from Andrew Vachss' forthcoming novel, The Weight (November 2, 2010, Pantheon)

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date: April 29, 2012 10:00AM
location: Kick Out the Jams, on SiriusXM's The Spectrum (channel 28), The United States
description: This Sunday, April 29, Andrew Vachss will be the guest on Dave Marsh's Kick Out the Jams, a SiriusXM program on The Spectrum (channel 28). Tune in at 10am Eastern. Call in, and you may win one of our special "plain brown wrapper" bags, featuring the original short story "Dead Reliable" by Andrew Vachss, with illustrations by the incomparable Geofrey Darrow.
"Andrew Vachss received a similar comment during an online chat several years ago, James. His response, we think, applies as well to your righteous com...more "
Street Logic by Steve Sundberg
The (straight) answer to any fool who says you can't use "fiction" to tell the truth. Proof that before you can pass it on, you have to pass through it. A beautiful tightrope walk over a true hell on earth ... a tightrope you can't walk with your eye...more
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Joe Lansdale once told me "Charles de Lint is the only writer who could make me read about faeries." Put me down for the same my brother's having--only make mine Tony Monchinski and zombies.
"Behavior is the Truth! "
The Burning Season by Wayne Dundee
If you liked Mickey, you'll love Big Wayne.
Knock On Any Door by Willard Motley
If you think "fiction" can't be the truth, or you have even a passing interest in the reality of Chicago for Post-War "juvenile delinquents," read this for the answer(s) to both.
More of Andrew's books…
“Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.”
Andrew Vachss, Terminal

“Cats are the lap-dancers of the animal world. Soon as you stop shelling out, they move on, find another lap. They're furry little sociopaths. Pretty and slick -- in love with themselves. When's the last time you saw a seeing-eye cat?”
Andrew Vachss, Safe House

“Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.”
Andrew Vachss, A Bomb Built in Hell

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“In my world, people are always plotting. You
have no idea of all the crimes people in business commit every
day. Like it was nothing. Or there’s a set of special rules for them.
Remember when Bush made that whole speech about ‘corporate
ethics’ last year? What a fraud. You think stuff like Enron or
WorldCom is an aberration? It’s only the tip. Business is a religion.
Probably the only one practiced all over the world.”
Andrew Vachss, Down Here

“When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.”
Andrew Vachss, Sacrifice

“Most investigators don't even know what the word means. You stop the cops from using informants and the only crimes they'd ever solve would be those by deranged postal workers who come to work once too often.”
Andrew Vachss, False Allegations

“People who don't have much get ugly about giving up the little they have left.”
Andrew Vachss

“Fear is an enemy that can be killed only at close range. The closest range of all is intimacy. The deeper the fear is embedded in one’s spirit, the more vulnerable it is.”
Andrew Vachss, Haiku




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message 1: by Elmar

Elmar Now I've read your tale "Die Macht des Mondes" which is part of the German book "Erbarmungslose Stiere". It was very short, but I really liked it!


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