SCHICKLER, DAVID — Sweet and Vicious
NY: The Dial Press, 2004. 0385335687. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0385335687. First Printing. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over black boards, gilt (silver) lettering on spine. 8vo. 242, (2) pp. Dust jacket shows only slight shelf-wear, corners slightly bumped. This broadly sketched comic road trip is the novelistic debut of David Schickler, previously the author of short-story collection KISSING IN MANHATTAN. Henry Dante, a mob enforcer, takes off with a set of seven diamonds known as the Planets. A chance encounter in Wisconsin with gorgeous devout Christian Grace McGlone leads to a whirlwind romance and a cross-country journey in which the couple gives away the diamonds to people they meet on the road. The trip is Dante's attempt both to redeem his violent past and to flee his boss, Honey Pobrinkis, who wants the diamonds back. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine in Fine dust jacket .
