01449cam a2200325 i 4500 629814270 TxAuBib 20091102120000.0 090209s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009005023 9780307378491 hardcover 0307378497 hardcover (OCoLC)305416695 DLC eng rda DLC BTCTA YDXCP UPZ DOV GO6 TxAuBib rda Vachss, Andrew H. Haiku / Andrew Vachss. First edition. New York : Pantheon Books, 2009. 213 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Late one night, Michael--an addicted gambler who has lost everything, including himself--spots a woman in a white Rolls-Royce throwing something into the river. Convinced that the woman is a perfect blackmail target, he attempts to recruit a band of homeless outcasts to search for her. But news that a building is slated for demolition turns this halfhearted effort into a serious mission to find the ultimate problem-solver: money, and with it a new home for a precious collection of hardboiled paperbacks. 20091102. Homeless persons Fiction. Street life Fiction. Mystery fiction. Fiction. TXBRI