Summer Job: A Virgil and Cy Mystery - Brossura

Cross, Phil

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0595509215 ISBN 13: 9780595509218

Casa editrice: iUniverse, 2008

Riassunto

Virgil, a fifteen year old loner, fears he will become a psychopath if he relinquishes control of his mind to his cantankerous, troublesome, and vexatious other-self. Although he has coped to a better extent since his junior high days, his other-self remains a relentless voice in his head-threatening to takeover his mind-perhaps to the point of him ending up in prison some day. Just when it seems there is no escape from solitary confinement with his other-self, Virgil seizes the opportunity to go off on a farm job over summer vacation. During those eight weeks he is forced into friendships in the course of solving two mysteries-the first, with the recluse gun toting hermit brother of Virgil's employer, to uncover three murders precipitating a suicide-the second, with a feisty teenage girl who brooks no nonsense-showing she is equally adept with butcher knife or shotgun, in the overriding mysterious disappearance of Virgil's co-worker, but are powerless to see justice done. By summer's end, Virgil has learned how to hold sway over his other-self while taking advantage of the second-think ability it was put there for to begin with; and also-that having meaningful relationships with others beats being a loner.

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L'autore

In boyhood, P. C. Cross roamed the Hudson County, New Jersey, marshlands and worked as a farmhand and lumberjack in Vermont. Since then: U.S. Navy; five children; retired business executive; and now, three-quarters of a century later, along with his other-self, reminisces about those years.

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Book by Cross Phil

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: iUniverse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0595509215
• ISBN 13: 9780595509218
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 260