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Sacrifice (Burke #6)
by
Andrew Vachss (Goodreads Author),
Phil Gigante
What ? or who ? could turn a gifted little boy into a murderous thing that calls itself "Satan's Child"? In search of an answer, a man named Burke travels from a festering welfare hotel to a neat frame house where a voodoo priestess presides over a congregation of assassins. For this vigilante and unlicensed private eye has made it his business to defend the smal...more
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Published
July 6th 2010
by Brilliance Corporation
(first published 1991)
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A gifted nine year old boy is a murderer that calls himself Satan's Child and it's up to Burke to find out how he got that way. Burke's also been tasked with finding a father and a missing baby. Can Burke find who he's looking for and set things right?
Right off the bat, Andrew Vachss is so bleak he makes James Ellroy look like Richard Simmons. The New York Burke lives in is a cesspool of pimps and pedophiles. Burke's a miserable loner but the men he goes up against make him look ...more
Right off the bat, Andrew Vachss is so bleak he makes James Ellroy look like Richard Simmons. The New York Burke lives in is a cesspool of pimps and pedophiles. Burke's a miserable loner but the men he goes up against make him look ...more
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Burke takes on voodoo, satanists and child pornographers in this graphic revenge thriller. I guess you could call all of the Burke novels revenge thrillers because Burke himself says his ..." Religion is revenge."
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...another great Burke book. This series is tough to read though, due to the dark subject matter. One can only read so many stories about sex crimes involving children. I've just read 2 more of the series in a row and it's time to take another break. The writing is great and the characters are original and colorful, but the serious, disgusting nature of the crimes is too much to bear at times.
Sacrifice (Burke #6) by Andrew Vachss (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard 1991)(fiction - mystery) was a pretty good read. A sweet child upon hypnosis calls himself "Satan's Child" and acted accordingly (it turned out that he had Multiple Personality Disorder - or whatever they are calling it these days). 5/10, finished 6/25/11.
Very unique writer.Extremely economic but that's taste I have. I would also describe his style as raw, gritty, real, down and dirty. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Sacrifice and am now interested in exploring his other works. This is not great literature, but a unique style which gets Mr. Vachss' point(s) across.
Unlicensed private investigator and con artist Burke is back in New York City for his latest case. An abused child is accused of two brutal murders, but claims he remembers nothing. The DA wants to prosecute him, while child advocates are trying to keep him out of the clutches of the justice system. Burke must locate the adults who abused this child and drove him to kill. Burke is also employed by a Voodoo Queen to track down a child killer, who has escaped into the New York underground. So, it ...more
If you are going to start the Burke series, this is an excellent place to start. Informs the character throughout the rest of the series.
Just love these books, and going back to the beginning, reading as the author finds his voice, as he grows... so awesome!!
Vachss' Burke books are brutal, graphic, gritty, and very well constructed.
Burke and his crew take out satanist child pornographers.
Brilliant. No other Burke book lives up to this one. So glad this was voted in the top 40 horror novels of all time by the Horror Writers Association.
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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 varie...more
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