Killing the second dog /

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Author / Creator:Hłasko, Marek, author.
Uniform title:Drugie zabicie psa. English
Imprint:New York : New Vessel Press, 2014.
Description:138 pages ; 21 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10081738
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Other authors / contributors:Mirkowicz, Tomasz, translator.
Chamberlain, Lesley, writer of introduction.
ISBN:9781939931115
1939931118
Notes:"First published in Polish in 1965 as Drugie zabicie psa" -- Title page verso.
Summary:"Robert and Jacob are down-and-out Polish con men living in Israel in the 1960s. They're planning to run a scam on an American widow visiting the country. Robert, who masterminds the scheme, and Jacob, who acts it out, are tough, desperate men, adrift in the nasty underworld of Tel Aviv. Robert arranges for Jacob to run into the woman, whose heart is open; the men are hoping her wallet is too. What follows is a story of love, deception, cruelty, and shame, as Jacob pretends to fall in love with her. It's not just Jacob who's performing a role; nearly all the characters are actors in an ugly story, complete with parts for murder and suicide. Marek Hlasko's writing combines brutal realism with smoky, hardboiled dialogue in a bleak world where violence is the norm and love is often only an act."-- From back cover.

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