Bibliograph

Killings, Calvin Trillin

Type

Label

Killings, Calvin Trillin

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Killings

Oclc number

980351230

Responsibility statement

Calvin Trillin

Summary

"'Reporters love murders,' Calvin Trillin writes in the introduction to Killings. 'In a pinch, what the lawyers call "wrongful death" will do, particularly if it's sudden.' Killings, first published in 1984 and expanded for this edition, shows Trillin to be such a reporter, drawn time after time to tales of sudden death. But Trillin is attracted less by violence or police procedure than by the way the fabric of people's lives is suddenly exposed when someone comes to an untimely end"--Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

A stranger with a camera -- I've always been clean -- Jim, Tex, and the one-armed man -- Sergei Kourdakov -- You always turn your head -- Harvey St. Jean had it made -- Partners -- Melisha Morganna Gibson -- Family problems -- Todo se paga -- It's just too late -- Called at Rushton -- Resettling the Yangs -- Among friends -- The mystery of Walter Bopp -- A father-son operation -- I've got problems -- Right-of-way -- Rumors around town -- Outdoor life -- At the train bridge -- Covering the cops

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