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Andrew Vachss

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Born

in NYC, The United States

Website

http://www.vachss.com/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Short Stories

Member Since

August 2009

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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

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Review of a review, from the Zero collective

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 sc

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Andrew Vachss’s books

Average rating: 3.9 · 40,465 ratings · 2,523 reviews · 116 distinct works • Similar authors

	Flood (Burke, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 3,764 ratings — published 1985 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strega (Burke, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 2,703 ratings — published 1987 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Belle (Burke, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 2,362 ratings — published 1988 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hard Candy (Burke, #4) 4.08 avg rating — 1,994 ratings — published 1989 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shella 4.06 avg rating — 1,711 ratings — published 1993 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blossom (Burke, #5) 4.04 avg rating — 1,709 ratings — published 1990 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Down in the Zero (Burke, #7) 3.99 avg rating — 1,535 ratings — published 1994 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacrifice (Burke, #6) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,503 ratings — published 1991 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Safe House (Burke, #10) 3.99 avg rating — 1,278 ratings — published 1998 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead and Gone (Burke, #12) 4.05 avg rating — 1,211 ratings — published 2000 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Andrew Vachss

Burke (18 books)
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Andrew Vachss (Goodreads Author)

3.98 avg rating — 26,514 ratings

Aftershock (3 books)
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Andrew Vachss (Goodreads Author)

3.55 avg rating — 1,436 ratings

Cross (novels) (3 books)
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Andrew Vachss (Goodreads Author)

3.34 avg rating — 806 ratings

Hard Looks (5 books)
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Andrew Vachss (Goodreads Author),

Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author) (Adapter),

Gary Gianni (Illustrator),

Neal Barrett Jr. (Adapter),

Christoper Moeller (Illustrator),

J.K. Potter (Illustrator)

3.93 avg rating — 223 ratings

Cross (6 books)
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3.98 avg rating — 149 ratings

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Quotes by Andrew Vachss (?)

“Life is a ﬁght, but not everyone’s a ﬁghter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.”
― Andrew Vachss, Terminal

tags: bullies, bullying

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“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

tags: cat, cats, pet, pets

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

tags: crime, greed

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September/October 2013 Group Read

The Bone Collector / Jeffery Deaver

32 votes, 14.5%

Heat Wave / Richard Castle

18 votes, 8.1%

We Have Always Lived in the Castle / Shirley Jackson

16 votes, 7.2%

Rum Punch / Elmore Leonard

15 votes, 6.8%

The Bookman's Tale: A Novel of Obsession / Charlie Lovett

15 votes, 6.8%

Murder on Astor Place / Victoria Thompson

13 votes, 5.9%

Bone Thief / Thomas O'Callaghan

11 votes, 5.0%

Into the Darkest Corner / Elizabeth Haynes

11 votes, 5.0%

52 Pick Up / Elmore Leonard

11 votes, 5.0%

Honeymoon/James Patterson

10 votes, 4.5%

Doha 12 / Lance Charnes

8 votes, 3.6%

Aftershock: A Thriller / Andrew Vachss

8 votes, 3.6%

The Pawn / Steven James

7 votes, 3.2%

The Stranger You Seek/ Amanda Kyle Williams

7 votes, 3.2%

Wild Justice/ Phillip Margolin

7 votes, 3.2%

Out / Natsuo Kirino

7 votes, 3.2%

The Maid's Version / Daniel Woodrell

7 votes, 3.2%

Pentecost / Joanna Penn (J.F. Penn)

6 votes, 2.7%

Ash / James Herbert

4 votes, 1.8%

The Bridge of the Americas / Larry Seeley

3 votes, 1.4%

Close My Eyes/ Sophie McKenzie

2 votes, 0.9%

Head Boy/ Mark Wilson

2 votes, 0.9%

The First Wave/ James R. Benn

1 vote, 0.5%

Sleight of Hand / Phillip Margolin

0 votes, 0.0%

Zanzibar/ Giles Foden

0 votes, 0.0%

Harnessed Passions / D.T. Jones

0 votes, 0.0%

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Andrew’s Quotes

“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

tags: andrew-vachss, business, corporate-greed, crime, enron, worldcom

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

18 likes

“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

tags: crime, humor, private-detective

13 likes

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

tags: poverty, violence

26 likes

“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

tags: fear

23 likes

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