Shella, Andrew Vachss
Shella, Andrew Vachss
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Shella

Author: Andrew Vachss

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Unabridged: 4 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 10/25/2011

Synopsis

From the author of the acclaimed Burke private-eye series comes an ambitious and chilling novel that shows us not only what evil is, but where it comes from. For Shella is nothing less than a tour of evil's spawning ground, conducted by one of its natural predators.He is called "Ghost" because he is so nondescript as to be invisible and because he slays with such reflexive ease that he might be one of the dead. Once he traveled with a woman who was called "Shella" — because those who had treated her as a horrendously ill-used child had tried to make her come out of her shell. Now Shella has vanished in a wilderness of strip clubs and peep shows, and Ghost is looking for her, guided by a killer's instinct and the recognition that can only exist between two people who have been damaged past the point of no return. The result is Andrew Vachss's most compelling work to date, the thriller reimagined as a bleak romance of the damned.

About Andrew Vachss

Andrew Vachss is a lawyer who represents children and youths exclusively. His many novels and two collections of short stories have been translated into twenty languages, and his work has appeared in Parade, Esquire, Playboy, and The New York Times, among other publications. A native New Yorker, he divides his time between the city of his birth and the Pacific Northwest.

Reviews

Goodreads review by TK421 on August 27, 2012

It is always interesting to see the seedy side of life from those that live it. And when pulp fiction turns its gaze to the darker characters to take the reigns and tell thier stories, it makes for great reading and a bunch of fun. This story revolves around Ghost, a mysterious man that is willing t......more

Goodreads review by Ed on April 19, 2010

The book's dedication to Iceberg Slim is the first tip off--this is a gritty, dark tale. John "Ghost" Smith, the narrator/protagonist, is an assassin for hire who enjoys watching nature programs on TV. He befriends, loses, and then searches for Shella, a worldly prostitute. Both are damaged humans,......more

Goodreads review by Chris on May 01, 2025

There's something hauntingly beautiful about this novel. Ghost is a menace, a man who feels nothing most of the time but is hunting Shella. He goes through a lot to find her and the payoff is abrupt but satisfying in a weird way.......more

Goodreads review by Steve on November 30, 2021

Really dark, but easily the best Andrew Vachss novel I've read so far. For some reason the Burke series, at least the ones I've read, have never really clicked with me. "Shella" is something different, darker. (So much so that I also added it to my Horror shelf.) It's a 200 plus page distillation of......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on August 09, 2007

By far my favorite book by Andrew Vachss. I'm almost sorry I started with this novel, because after it, the "Burke" novels (basically everything else Vachss has written) just can't match it's power (though they are good, if a bit repetitive.) Vachss is a really interesting guy, and not your average a......more

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