Visit other sites in the penguin random house network. This christmas tale follows a slick, selfhating mob lawyers who pulls off a daring heist from his bosses, but has trouble getting out. A nasty, ripe little christmas noir, the ice harvest is in the rich vein of charles. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the ice harvest. The final pages are as relentlessly raw as anything else in the novel, and. Scott phillips is the author of the national bestseller the ice harvest, which was a finalist for the hammett. Everywhere you look, trashy people are doing trashy things in this darkly delicious debut comic thriller. The ice harvest is a dark comedy from director harold ramis. And he runs the odd errand for vic cavanaugh, whos been cooking the books on the operations he shares with bill gerard. Set in the middle of a christmas eve blizzard in 1979 wichita, the novel opens with lawyerturnedpettymobster charlie arglist marking time before an important. The ice harvest by scott phillips 2000, hardcover for. A novel paperback october 30, 2001 by scott phillips author.
The ice harvest is a rollercoaster ride of doublecross, black humour and, very possibly, the last twentyfour hours in charlie arglists life. The ice harvest is about a family in 1952 in a small town in minnesota, a snapshot, if you will, of a time. For all that it involves organized crime, naked women. Further suggestions might be found on the articles talk page. The ice is harvested to send down to new york city to. Based on a true story, this book tells the tale of a boys first year helping harvest ice from the hudson river. Scott phillips is the author of the national bestseller the ice harvest, which was a finalist for the hammett prize, the edgar award, and the anthony award, as well as a new york times notable book. On a noir and stormy night stir losers and hustlers the new york.
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The ice harvest is the debut novel of scott phillips. A novel paperback october 31, 2001 by scott phillips author. Set in the middle of a christmas eve blizzard in 1979 wichita, the novel opens with lawyerturnedpettymobster charlie arglist marking time before an important meeting with his shady partner, vic cavanaugh. Scott phillips is the author of the national bestseller the ice harvest, which was a finalist for the hammett prize, the edgar award, and the anthony award, as well as a. Set in the middle of a christmas eve blizzard in 1979 wichita, the novel opens with lawyerturnedpettymobster charlie arglist marking time. The story, set in 1979, was published to wide acclaim in 2000. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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