Try the Morgue: A Novel

Mystery & Suspense, Espionage, Fiction & Literature, Thrillers
Cover of the book Try the Morgue: A Novel by Eva Maria Staal, Liveright
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Eva Maria Staal ISBN: 9780871403537
Publisher: Liveright Publication: October 15, 2012
Imprint: Liveright Language: English
Author: Eva Maria Staal
ISBN: 9780871403537
Publisher: Liveright
Publication: October 15, 2012
Imprint: Liveright
Language: English

From a real-life female gunrunner comes this international bestseller and unforgettable literary debut.

Ten years ago, “Eva Maria Staal” kept a gun in her purse. It was a present from her boss, Jimmy Liu, the international arms dealer extraordinaire with a taste for high-class male escorts. Together, Jimmy and his devoted assistant traveled the world’s most dangerous hotspots, closing deals with ruthless warlords and corrupt generals, and trading Stinger missiles in Karachi, AK-47s in Chechnya, and hollow-point bullets in Islamabad. But burdened by her conscience, Eva Maria finally got out, married an optometrist, and had a baby. Now, assailed with memories of her secret life, she must reconcile her suburban present with a repressed but ineradicable past, one that blasts a hole so deep she doesn’t know how to love her own daughter. Writing with a knowing intelligence only an insider could provide, this pseudonymous author has created a debut with remarkable intensity that examines the razor-thin line separating those who are drowned from those who are saved.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

From a real-life female gunrunner comes this international bestseller and unforgettable literary debut.

Ten years ago, “Eva Maria Staal” kept a gun in her purse. It was a present from her boss, Jimmy Liu, the international arms dealer extraordinaire with a taste for high-class male escorts. Together, Jimmy and his devoted assistant traveled the world’s most dangerous hotspots, closing deals with ruthless warlords and corrupt generals, and trading Stinger missiles in Karachi, AK-47s in Chechnya, and hollow-point bullets in Islamabad. But burdened by her conscience, Eva Maria finally got out, married an optometrist, and had a baby. Now, assailed with memories of her secret life, she must reconcile her suburban present with a repressed but ineradicable past, one that blasts a hole so deep she doesn’t know how to love her own daughter. Writing with a knowing intelligence only an insider could provide, this pseudonymous author has created a debut with remarkable intensity that examines the razor-thin line separating those who are drowned from those who are saved.

More books from Liveright

Cover of the book When America First Met China: An Exotic History of Tea, Drugs, and Money in the Age of Sail by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book Genesis: The Deep Origin of Societies by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book Is 5 by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book The Drowned World: A Novel (50th Anniversary Edition) by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book The Double Life of Paul De Man by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book Bitter Bronx: Thirteen Stories by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book The Seasons Alter: How to Save Our Planet in Six Acts by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book The Complete Works of Primo Levi by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book Marching Home: Union Veterans and Their Unending Civil War by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book Confronting the Classics: Traditions, Adventures, and Innovations by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book The Fabliaux by Eva Maria Staal
Cover of the book The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport by Eva Maria Staal
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy