Bibliograph

No one left to come looking for you, a novel, Sam Lipsyte

Type

Label

No one left to come looking for you, a novel, Sam Lipsyte

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

No one left to come looking for you

Oclc number

1296944871

Responsibility statement

Sam Lipsyte

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Manhattan's East Village, 1993. Dive bars, DIY music venues, shady weirdos, and hard drugs are plentiful. Crime is high but rent is low, luring hopeful, creative kids from sleepy suburbs around the country. One of these kids is Jack S., a young New Jersey rock musician. Just a few days before his band's biggest gig, their lead singer goes missing with Jack's prized bass, presumably to hock it to feed his junk habit. Jack's search for his buddy uncovers a sinister entanglement of crimes tied to local real estate barons who are looking to remake New York City - and who might also be connected to the recent death of Jack's punk rock mentor. Along the way, Jack encounters a cast of colorful characters, including a bewitching, quick-witted scenester who favors dressing in a nurse's outfit; a monstrous hired killer with a devotion to both figure skating and edged weapons; a deranged if prophetic postwar novelist; and a tough-talking cop who fancies himself a retro-cool icon of the homicide squad but is harboring a surprising secret

Target audience

adult

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