The Ice Harvest (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780345440198)

"BITTERLY FUNNY . . . A] SLEEK FIRST NOVEL . . . NOIR CRIME . . . HAS FOUND A STERLING NEW CHAMPION IN PHILLIPS."
-The New York Times Book Review

"A FUTURE HARD-BOILED CLASSIC-TIGHT, COLD, AND CACKLING WITH IRONY. On Christmas Eve in Wichita], a mob lawyer is skipping town with the cash. But in this boozy, neo-noir world-James M. Cain meets George V. Higgins-the best-laid plans of bagmen turn brutal."
-The Dallas Morning News

"OMINOUS, ACTION-PACKED. . . This is a confident, wry debut . . . that] may remind readers of Fargo or Pulp Fiction."
-Detroit Free Press

"I SIMPLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SCOTT PHILLIPS WILL DO NEXT. This] funny, tough first novel felt like it was written by an old pro, an Elmore Leonard we've never heard about who's discovered a place where the criminals are really dumb, the low-lifes are oh-so-fun to watch and, if somebody just happens to get what he deserves, there's no one to blame."
-RICHARD RUSSO
Author of Straight Man

"A DARKLY COMIC, SOMETIMES BRUTAL PIECE OF NOIR FICTION."
-The Denver Post

Finalist for the Hammett Prize


Author: Scott Phillips
ISBN-10: 0345440196
ISBN-13: 9780345440198
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2001
Pages: 242
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 7.48h x 5.54w x 0.65d
Award: Anthony Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 74