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02103aam a2200337 i 4500 001 7FFDD76663F011E4A4D39B8FDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141104010110 008 140209s2014 nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 1939931118 020 $a 9781939931115 035 $a (OCoLC)870290376 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $e rda $c BTCTA $d YDXCP $d ZS3 $d CUS $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a a-is--- 050 4 $a PG7158.H55 $b D7813 2014 100 1 $a HÅasko, Marek, $e author. 240 10 $a Drugie zabicie psa. $l English 245 10 $a Killing the second dog / $c Marek Hlasko ; translated by Tomasz Mirkowicz ; introduction by Leslie Chamberlain. 264 1 $a New York : $b New Vessel Press, $c 2014. 300 $a 138 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a "First published in Polish in 1965 as Drugie zabicie psa"--Title page verso. 520 $a "Robert and Jacob are down-and-out Polish con men living in Israel in the 1960s. They're planning to run a scam on an American widow visiting the country. Robert, who masterminds the scheme, and Jacob, who acts it out, are tough, desperate men, adrift in the nasty underworld of Tel Aviv. Robert arranges for Jacob to run into the woman, whose heart is open; the men are hoping her wallet is too. What follows is a story of love, deception, cruelty, and shame, as Jacob pretends to fall in love with her. It's not just Jacob who's performing a role; nearly all the characters are actors in an ugly story, complete with parts for murder and suicide. Marek Hlasko's writing combines brutal realism with smoky, hardboiled dialogue in a bleak world where violence is the norm and love is often only an act"--From back cover. 650 0 $a Swindlers and swindling $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Criminals $z Tel Aviv $z Tel Aviv $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Polish people $z Israel $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Tel Aviv (Israel) $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Mirkowicz, Tomasz, $e translator. 700 1 $a Chamberlain, Lesley, $e writer of introduction. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180116063307.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7FFDD76663F011E4A4D39B8FDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search