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No beast so fierce a novel

An angry and mercilessly suspenseful novel about an ex-con's attempt to negotiate the "straight world" and his swan dive back into the paradoxical security of crime. It is airtight in its construction, almost photorealistic in its portrayal of L.A. lowlife and utterly knowledgeable about the terrors of liberty, the high of the quick score and the rage that makes the finger tighten on the trigger of the gun. No Beast So Fierce was Eddie Bunker's debut novel and has the searing intensity of a novel based precisely on experience, with Bunker having spent most of his early life in maximum security.

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  • "No beast so fierce"@ja
  • "No beast so fierce"@it

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  • "An angry and mercilessly suspenseful novel about an ex-con's attempt to negotiate the "straight world" and his swan dive back into the paradoxical security of crime. It is airtight in its construction, almost photorealistic in its portrayal of L.A. lowlife and utterly knowledgeable about the terrors of liberty, the high of the quick score and the rage that makes the finger tighten on the trigger of the gun. No Beast So Fierce was Eddie Bunker's debut novel and has the searing intensity of a novel based precisely on experience, with Bunker having spent most of his early life in maximum security."@en
  • "An ex-con struggles to adjust to life outside prison walls After eight years spent locked up, Max has gotten very good at being a prisoner. He knows the guards, the inmates, and how to survive. But the parole board has decided that he has sufficiently reformed, and it & rsquo;s time for him to say goodbye. When Max reaches the outside world, he finds that freedom doesn & rsquo;t make anything easier. Based on his own experiences in prison, Edward Bunker first drafted No Beast So Fierce in the 1950s, while incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison. He spent the next two decades in and out of jail, writing essays for various magazines and working on the novel, which was finally published in 1973. Eighteen months later, the book was used as evidence that he was fit to leave jail. He received parole, and spent the rest of his life a free man."@en
  • "Bunker évoque à travers ces trois romans son passé de taulard, dont il s'est sorti grâce à l'écriture."

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  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Americké romány"
  • "American fiction"
  • "Detective novels"
  • "Detektivní romány"

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  • "No beast so fierce a novel"@en
  • "Straight time"@en
  • "Straight time"
  • "No beast so fierce : a novel"
  • "Aucune bête aussi féroce"
  • "Libertad Condicional"
  • "No beast so fierce, a novel"
  • "Come una bestia feroce"
  • "Come una bestia feroce"@it
  • "Aucune bête aussi féroce ; La bête contre les murs ; La bête au ventre"
  • "Julmin peto"@fi
  • "Libertad condicional"@es
  • "Libertad condicional"
  • "No Beast So Fierce"@en
  • "No beast so fierce"@en
  • "No beast so fierce"
  • "Straight time (formerly : No beast so fierce)"
  • "Sutorēto taimu"
  • "No hay bestia tan feroz"@es
  • "No hay bestia tan feroz"
  • "Sutorēto taimu"@ja
  • "ストレートタイム"
  • "Ani ta nejlítější bestie"

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