The Anderson Tapes
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First British Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Some foxing on block - otherwise fine
A groundbreaking, gritty masterpiece of crime and technology that pioneered the "surveillance thriller" genre. Told through a chillingly detached series of transcripts, tapes, and official reports, The Anderson Tapes follows John "Duke" Anderson, a career criminal fresh out of a ten-year stint in Sing Sing. Duke is a man of the old school, but the world he returns to is changing. He quickly organizes an audacious "caper"—a meticulously planned daylight robbery of an entire luxury apartment building on New York’s Upper East Side. What Duke doesn't know is that his every move is being captured. In a city increasingly wired for sound, his preparations are inadvertently caught on the bugs and wiretaps of various local, state, and federal agencies investigating other crimes. As the heist moves toward its violent climax, the reader is granted a God-eye view of the collision between Duke’s criminal genius and the cold, mechanical eye of the law. In a world where walls have ears and every whisper is recorded, can Duke pull off the score of a lifetime, or is he merely playing a lead role in a tragedy already captured on tape?
Author: Lawrence Sanders
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, W. H. Allen London
Edition: First British Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Some foxing on block - otherwise fine
A groundbreaking, gritty masterpiece of crime and technology that pioneered the "surveillance thriller" genre. Told through a chillingly detached series of transcripts, tapes, and official reports, The Anderson Tapes follows John "Duke" Anderson, a career criminal fresh out of a ten-year stint in Sing Sing. Duke is a man of the old school, but the world he returns to is changing. He quickly organizes an audacious "caper"—a meticulously planned daylight robbery of an entire luxury apartment building on New York’s Upper East Side. What Duke doesn't know is that his every move is being captured. In a city increasingly wired for sound, his preparations are inadvertently caught on the bugs and wiretaps of various local, state, and federal agencies investigating other crimes. As the heist moves toward its violent climax, the reader is granted a God-eye view of the collision between Duke’s criminal genius and the cold, mechanical eye of the law. In a world where walls have ears and every whisper is recorded, can Duke pull off the score of a lifetime, or is he merely playing a lead role in a tragedy already captured on tape?