false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173164677m/253786.jpg 253786 4 <P><B>The words pour out of your wounded soul...</B></P><P>Welcome to Quinsigamond, a worn-out New England town infected by a soulless cabal that rules the streets. Gilrein used to be one of the good guys, until this dark world claimed the life of his wife and fellow police officer, Ceil. Even exchanging his badge for a cab still cannot erase the past or the long-buried instincts Gilrein honed on the beat.</P><P><B>The words choke in your throat...</B></P><P>When suspected of possessing a missing rarity that someone is all too willing to murder for, Gilrein races to unearth long-buried secrets. And the only people he can turn to are the Inspector, a detective and master of linguistics who can shed light on the secret life Ceil led--and how it ended; Otto Langer, a haunted refugee from Eastern Europe; and Wylie Brown, Gilrein's ex-lover whose passion for a century-old murderer knows no bounds.</P><P><B>The words on your breath will be your last...</B></P><P><I>Word Made Flesh </I>is a profound and utterly suspenseful tale of evil, conspiracy, and love, where a magnificent and macabre obsession with words and language will mean redemption for some...and damnation for others.</P> 245933 1999 Word Made Flesh total:38|5:0|4:1|3:0|2:0|1:0| 38 150 57 4 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 22:44:20 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 22:46:15 -0800 2009 2 Word Made Flesh wavers uneasily between ours and... somewhere else. The Northeastern American city of Quinsigamond does not appear on our maps (though there does appear to be a Quinsigamond Village in or near Worcester, MA), but it is a familiar place to anyone whose mental geographies ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 29 22:53:01 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 22:53:25 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 21:38:50 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 15:36:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 true false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 10:52:25 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 10:21:06 -0700 2007
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