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y separately published work icon Fifty Grand single work   novel   crime   thriller  
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Fifty Grand
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'Cuban cop Hernandez has a score to settle, on behalf of a deadbeat dad, a "traitor" who skipped free from Castro's control to set up a new life working illegally in Colorado. He settled in a ski resort popular with the Hollywood set, where the facade is maintained by the immigrant cleaners and labourers who work for below minimum wage while the local sheriff is bribed to turn a blind eye. Hernandez Sr's dreams of fortune and freedom came to a swift end when he was killed in a hit-and-run accident.

Sworn to avenge his death, Hernandez has some obstacles to overcome - not least getting out of Cuba, where visas are as elusive as constant electricity.

Seguing back and forth between heat-soaked Havana and the icy luxury of the mountainside resort, Fifty Grand is an audacious thriller from an acknowledged talent - and an incendiary debut for a new hero.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Epigraph: 'Fifty grand is a lot of money,' I said. 'No,' Jack said. 'It's just business.' - Ernest Hemmingway,

    'Fifty Grand,' 1927

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2009 .
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      Extent: 308p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 27 April 2009
      ISBN: 9780805089004
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Serpent's Tail ,
      2010 .
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      Extent: 308p.
      Note/s:
      • Published May 10th 2014
      ISBN: 9781846687419
Alternative title: Деньги На Ветер
Transliterated title: Denʹgi na veter
Language: Russian

Works about this Work

Crime File Graeme Blundell , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 2009; (p. 20)

— Review of Blood Born Kathryn Fox , 2009 single work novel ; Fifty Grand Adrian McKinty , 2009 single work novel
Crime File Graeme Blundell , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 2009; (p. 20)

— Review of Blood Born Kathryn Fox , 2009 single work novel ; Fifty Grand Adrian McKinty , 2009 single work novel
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