Andrew Vachss has been a federal investigator in the area of sexually transmitted diseases, a social-services caseworker, a labor organizer, and the director of a maximum-security prison for aggressive-violent youth. Now a lawyer and consultant in private practice, he represents children and youths exclusively. A native New Yorker, Vachss divides his time between the city of his birth and the Pacific Northwest.
"[Andrew Vachss's] New York . . . is not borrowed from anybody, and
it shimmers on the page as gaudily and scarily as it does on the
streets."
--"New York
""Vachss gives such a smooth ride, it is easy to forget someone is
driving."
--"The New York Times Book Review
""Compelling and challenging . . . [Vachss takes us] not simply
into the mean streets but into a subterranean nightmare."
--"The Washington Post Book World
"
"Vachss's reverence for storytelling is evident in the blunt beauty
of his language."
--"Chicago Sun-Times
""Andrew Vachss continues to write the most provocative novels
around."
--Martha Grimes
"Vachss writes with . . . an unerring ear for the language of the
streets."
--"Rocky Mountain News
""The voice of Vachss: uncompromising, exciting, and fiercely
original."
--George Pelecanos
"Vachss is a master."
--"Sacramento Bee"
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