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The Death and Life of Bobby Z 

The Death and Life of Bobby Z (1997)
A novel by Don Winslow

 

"It has whiplash speed, deliciously sleazoid characters, and a major attitude problem. What a blast."
Carl Hiaasen


When longtime loser Tim Kearney kills a Hell's Angel, it's his third strike. Life without parole follows. But with Angels in every prison, it looks to be a pretty short life. That's when the DEA makes an offer. It seems they've promised to deliver the legendary drug lord Bobby Z to Don Huertero, northern Mexico's drug kingpin, in exchange for a DEA agent. The fact that Z is dead might present a problem, except that Kearney bears an uncanny resemblance to him. All they want is for Kearney to impersonate Bobby Z: they think that with a little training, a little instruction, he might pass. Or he might not. But, really, what choice does Tim have? So he's launched into Bobby Z's life - rarefied and luxurious just until it becomes chaotic and hair-raising. Don Huertero wants Bobby Z alive, but only so he can have the pleasure of killing him. Add to that the surprise appearance of Bobby's mysteriously lethal girlfriend and his six-year-old son, and Tim has more of Bobby's life than even the DEA bargained for. Now, suddenly, Tim is running for his life - from drug dealers, henchmen, bikers, Indians and cops, all chasing him down across southern California's deserts and mountains straight to the dead-end edge of the ocean. Some of his pursuers want Bobby Z, but some of them want the considerably less legendary Tim K, who's beginning to realize that he'd better become legendary if he's going to keep the girl, save the kid and stay alive in the process. All of which he might manage to do if he can just stop being Tim Kearney...

Genre: Mystery
 
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Hardback Editions

December 1998 : Hardback
Title: Death and Life of Bobby Z
Author(s):: Don Winslow
ISBN: 0517288958 / 9780517288955 (USA edition)
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
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April 1997 : Hardback
Title: The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Author(s):: Don Winslow
ISBN: 0679454292 / 9780679454298 (USA edition)
Publisher: Knopf
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Paperback Editions

October 2013 : Paperback
Title: The Death & Life of Bobby Z (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Author(s):: Don Winslow
ISBN: 0307387518 / 9780307387516 (USA edition)
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
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October 2007 : Paperback
Title: The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Author(s):: Don Winslow
ISBN: 0099499533 / 9780099499534 (UK edition)
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

September 2006 : Paperback
Title: The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Author(s):: Don Winslow
ISBN: 0307275345 / 9780307275349 (USA edition)
Publisher: Vintage
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January 1998 : Mass Market Paperback
Title: The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Author(s):: Don Winslow
ISBN: 0804116105 / 9780804116107 (USA edition)
Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.
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March 1998 : Paperback
Title: The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Author(s):: Don Winslow
ISBN: 0099228424 / 9780099228424 (UK edition)
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Availability: Amazon UK   Amazon   

March 1997 : Paperback
Title: The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Author(s):: Don Winslow
ISBN: 0712677542 / 9780712677547 (UK edition)
Publisher: Century
Availability: Amazon UK   Amazon   

Audio Editions

April 1997 : Audio Cassette
Title: Death and Life of Bobby Z: A novel
Author(s):: Don Winslow
ISBN: 0679460144 / 9780679460145 (USA edition)
Publisher: Random House Audio
Availability: Amazon   Amazon CA   

Kindle Editions

August 2012 : Kindle edition
Title: The Death and Life of Bobby Z (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Author(s):: Don Winslow
ISBN: B008IU9NOI
Publisher: Vintage
Availability: Amazon   

 


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