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  • Crooked Little Vein

  • A Novel
  • Written by: Warren Ellis
  • Narrated by: Todd McLaren
  • Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Crooked Little Vein

Written by: Warren Ellis
Narrated by: Todd McLaren
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Publisher's Summary

Michael McGill is a burned-out private detective who suddenly becomes enlisted by an army of presidential goons to retrieve the Constitution of the United States, but not the one we all know about. This would be the real Constitution (the one with invisible amendments), created by some of the Founding Fathers as a fall back for their great experiment. Along the way, McGill gains a polyamorous sidekick named Trix, gets scared to death by what men do with warm salty water, and descends into a world where crime, sex, and madness all seem to be the same thing.

Full of mind-bending style and packed with a wild cast of characters, Crooked Little Vein infuses Robert B. Parker with Kurt Vonnegut and the madness of the graphic-novel world. A surprisingly surreal treat, it will appeal to hardcore comic fans, mystery aficionados, and anybody looking for a riotous adventure.
©2007 Warren Ellis (P)2007 Tantor Media Inc.
Suspense Literary Fiction
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What the critics say

"[A] snappily paced homage to William Burroughs's Naked Lunch." ( Publishers Weekly)
"It's a high-energy joyride." ( Library Journal)
"Funny, inventive, and blithely appalling, this book is Dante on paint fumes." (Joss Whedon, creator, writer, and director of Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

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really impressed!

absolutely love this narrator! his voice is wonderful to listen to, made the story better!

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