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Author:

Liss, David, 1966-

Title:

The Devil's company : a novel / David Liss.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

369 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Weaver, Benjamin (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
London (England)--Fiction.--18th century--Fiction.
Private investigators--London--London--Fiction.
Jews--London--London--Fiction.
East India Company--Fiction.

Summary:

The year is 1722. Ruffian for hire, ex-boxer, and master of disguise, Londoner Benjamin Weaver finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, pitted against Jerome Cobb, a wealthy and mysterious schemer who needs Weaver's strength and guile for his own treacherous plans. To save his friends and family from Cobb's reach--and more importantly to secure the welfare of England--Weaver must infiltrate the East India Company, navigate its warring factions, and uncover a secret plot of corporate rivals, foreign spies, and government operatives.

ISBN:

1400064198 (acid-free paper)
9781400064199 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)67346332

LCCN:

2006045129

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

CXPC586 -- Keck Memorial Library (Wapello)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)