About this title: All Monty Brogan ever wanted was to be a fireman. Now he's just got 24 hours before he will start a seven-year stretch in the federal penitentiary for drug dealing. As the minutes count down, Monty seizes one last chance to stack the odds in his favor.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Plume, New York
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780452284197ISBN:0452284198
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 2002-01-29
ISBN-13:9780452282957ISBN:0452282950
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"After reading City of Thieves I really wanted to read Benioff's other book. Again a very quick, engaging read. Again, the situations are a bit larger than life, but the characters feel very real. I had heard it had a really dark ending, so I actually found it to not be as bleak as I'd expected. Although on second thought, is goading your best friend into unleashing years of buried hostility by beating you into a pulp so you don't get excessively raped in prison really that much cheerier than a simple suicide?"
""The 25th Hour" is a novel that reads more like a short story or novella. David Benioff's writing is incredibly descriptive, sometimes uncomfortably so. It's a quick read, and one of those stories where it's hard to like any of the characters but you still care what happens to them. The story is set in New York. A group of friends prepare to see on of their number go off to jail for seven years. All of the action takes place in a very short window of time, or in flashbacks. The characters' world is presented in a very believable way, which impressed me because their world is so different from the one in Benioff's later novel "City of Thieves.""
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