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Lionel Walk, better known as Train, is a young black caddy at an elite Los Angeles golf course, where he comes to know a police detective he calls 'The Mile-Away Man'. Norah Still is unwillingly at the centre of a criminal investigation, as the only survivor of an attempted boat hijacking Sergeant Miller Packard - Train's 'Mile-Away Man' - is in charge of the case and, as he quietly manages the crime scene, he finds himself drawn to the beautiful widow. As Train leaves his job to become a golf hustler, managed by Packard, the three are drawn into an uneasy triangle-Pete Dexter's remarkable new novel brings to life the most violent and tender impulses of his characters as they struggle to come to terms with the difference between a gift and a passion, between their abilities and their desires.
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Train, Pete Dexter
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Train
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Pete Dexter
- Publisher
- Random House
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0099469316
- ISBN13
- 9780099469315
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Mystery Novels, Thriller, Contemporary Fiction, Suspense, USA, American Literature, Society, Detective, Race, Racism, Money, Noir, 1950s, Police Officers, Los Angeles, Golf
- Original title
- Train
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- Lionel Walk, better known as Train, is a young black caddy at an elite Los Angeles golf course, where he comes to know a police detective he calls 'The Mile-Away Man'. Norah Still is unwillingly at the centre of a criminal investigation, as the only survivor of an attempted boat hijacking Sergeant Miller Packard - Train's 'Mile-Away Man' - is in charge of the case and, as he quietly manages the crime scene, he finds himself drawn to the beautiful widow. As Train leaves his job to become a golf hustler, managed by Packard, the three are drawn into an uneasy triangle-Pete Dexter's remarkable new novel brings to life the most violent and tender impulses of his characters as they struggle to come to terms with the difference between a gift and a passion, between their abilities and their desires.