Sweet and Vicious
by David Schickler
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Fiction. Literature. Mystery. Humor (Fiction.) HTML:“Fascinating and hilarious,” “relentlessly clever,” and “truly haunting” are all phrases that have been used to describe David Schickler’s unique talent. And all apply to this brash, brilliant novel featuring two of the most memorable characters in contemporary fiction: Grace McGlone and Henry Dante.Sexy and willful, Grace McGlone is saving herself for the right man. When Henry Dante pulls into the small Wisconsin town where show more she works at the car wash, she instantly knows he’s the one. He knows it too. But when Grace discovers Henry has “The Planets”—a stolen set of famous Spanish diamonds—stashed in the back seat of his truck, she’s having none of it. She’s “trying for heaven,” and the ill-gotten jewels must go. And so they do, in a race across the American landscape from Chicago to Yellowstone, purusued by a savage gangster obsessed by the diamonds he thought were his.
Passionate, criminal, comical, and possessing all the dark enchantment of a fairy tale, Sweet and Vicious is a modern love story shot straight from the heart of David Schickler’s miraculous imagination. show less
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I'd previously read "Kissing in Manhattan" and got this book based on that. "Sweet and Vicious" is incredibly engaging. I could hardly put it down. I loved the way that the narratives were all interwoven and how the point of view kept changing. Most of the time, that would be distracting, but it worked well here. Deeply satisfying and highly reccommended.
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David Schickler is a graduate of the Columbia University MFA program. He lives in Rochester, New York. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Original title
- Sweet and vicious
- Original publication date
- 2004
- People/Characters
- Henry Dante; Grace McGlone
- Important places
- Chicago, Illinois, USA; Wisconsin, USA
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- Languages
- English, German, Italian, Polish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
- ASINs
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