<![CDATA[Metzger's Dog: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[Metzger's Dog: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172969307m/234335.jpg 234335 11 The much-loved comic thriller by the author of the Edgar Award–winning <i>The Butcher’s Boy</i> is now, by popular demand, back in print, featuring a new Introduction by bestselling author Carl Hiaasen.<br><br>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. 1256623 1983 Metzger's Dog: A Novel total:149|5:40|4:64|3:32|2:11|1:2| 149 576 246 24 5 2 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 20:56:39 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 21:00:35 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 06:27:02 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 06:27:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 07:55:21 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 07:55:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 12 11:12:31 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 11:15:25 -0700 2008
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