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Shoot the Piano Player

David Goodis

Once upon a time Eddie played conert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall. Now he bangs out honky-tonk for drunks in a dive in Philadelphia. But then two people walk into Eddie's life--the first promising Eddie a future, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: Oct 3rd, 1990
  • Pages: 176
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.96in - 5.27in - 0.47in - 0.41lb
  • EAN: 9780679732549
  • Categories: Mystery & Detective - Hard-BoiledThrillers - SuspenseNoir

About the Author

David Goodis (1917-1967), born in Philadelphia, was a screenwriter and author of crime fiction well known for his novel Dark Passage. He wrote the screenplay for Dark Passage which starred Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. He had received a B.A. in Journalism from Temple University in 1938.