Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Under the Skin By James Carlos Blake

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Title:Under the Skin
Author:James Carlos Blake
Format:Paperback
Page:304 pages
ISBN:0060542438

James Rudolph Youngblood, aka Jimmy the Kid, is an enforcer, a ghost rider for the Maceo brothers, Rosario and Sam, rulers of the Free State of Galveston, who are prospering through illicit pleasures in the midst of the Great Depression Raised on an isolated West Texas ranch that he was forced to flee at age eighteen following the violent breakup of his foster family, James Rudolph Youngblood, aka Jimmy the Kid, is an enforcer, a ghost rider for the Maceo brothers, Rosario and Sam, rulers of the Free State of Galveston, who are prospering through illicit pleasures in the midst of the Great Depression Raised on an isolated West Texas ranch that he was forced to flee at age eighteen following the violent breakup of his foster family, Jimmy has found a home and a profession in Galveston and a mentor in Rose Maceo.Looming over Jimmy s story like an ancient curse is the specter of his fearsome father Their ties of blood, evident since Jimmy s boyhood, have been drawn tighter over time Then a strange and beautiful girl enters his life and a swift and terrifying sequence of events is set in motion Jimmy must cross the border and go deep into the brutal and merciless country of his ancestors where the story s harrowing climax closes a circle of destiny many years in the making


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James Carlos Blake is one of the America s most highly regarded living authors of historical crime fiction Born in Mexico, his family moved regularly when he was a child, living in various towns along the border and coast before finally settling in Texas when he was six After a stint in the army, Blake attended the University of South Florida and received a Master s degree from Bowling Green Sta James Carlos Blake is one of the America s most highly regarded living authors of historical crime fiction Born in Mexico, his family moved regularly when he was a child, living in various towns along the border and coast before finally settling in Texas when he was six After a stint in the army, Blake attended the University of South Florida and received a Master s degree from Bowling Green State University, both universities where he would later teach In 1997 he left teaching to write full time.Blake s first novel, The Pistoleer, was published in 1995 to overwhelming acclaim Its unusual format with each chapter told from a different character s perspective caused critics to dub it an unusually promising debut Since then Blake has written eight novels and one collection of stories, most of which dealt with real life characters from the American west He lives and works in Arizona



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James Rudolph Youngblood, aka Jimmy the Kid, is an enforcer, a ghost rider for the Maceo brothers, Rosario and Sam, rulers of the Free State of Galves
Under the Skin
304 pagesJames Carlos Blake

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