Shovel Ready

#1 Spademan

Adam Sternbergh

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English

Headline
14 October 2014

Thriller & suspense; Science fiction; Future Society; Post Holocaust Sci-Fi; Society

'I don't want to know your reasons. I don't care. Think of me as a bullet. Just point.'

Spademan used to be a garbage man. That was before the dirty bomb hit Times Square, before his wife was killed, before New York became a burnt-out shell. Now the wealthy spend their days tapped into virtual reality; the rest have to fend for themselves in the streets. Now there's nothing but garbage. So he became a hit man.

He doesn't ask questions, he works quickly, and he's handy with a box-cutter. When he's hired to kill the daughter of a high-profile evangelist, Spademan's life is upended. He will have to navigate two worlds - both the slick fantasy and the wasteland reality - to finish the job, clear his conscience, and make sure he's not the one who winds up in the ground.

By: Adam Sternbergh
Imprint: Headline
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 178g
ISBN: 9781472214690
ISBN 10: 1472214692
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 14 October 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ADAM STERNBERGH is the culture editor of the New York Times Magazine. Formally an editor-at-large for New York, his writing has been featured in several other publications, including GQ and The Times, and on the radio programme This American Life. He lives in Brooklyn and is at work on a second Spademan novel.

Reviews for Shovel Ready (#1 Spademan)

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