Andrew Vachss: Warrior By Christopher GoldenOriginally published in Combo Magazine, July 1996 You may know him as the author of the eight successful “Burke” novels, including Flood, Strega, Down in the Zero, and Footsteps of the Hawk. Or from his…
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The Hero and the Blues “Oh, the church bell tollin’Ooohhhh, the hearse come drivin’ slow”—Howlin’ Wolf By Dave MarshAmerican Grandstand ColumnOriginally published at Addicted to Noise “Blues do not promise that people will not be unhappy, but that unhappiness can…
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CNN Larry King Live Interview With Judy Sheindlin Aired September 5, 2002 – 21:00 ETExcerpt from the rush transcript LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight: exclusive tough questions and straight answers with the no-nonsense mother of all TV judges. Tonight: her outspoken…
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In Defense Of Children Every day, New York child-defense lawyer Andrew Vachss wages a bitter war against child abuse. Outside the courtroom, with his series of acclaimed crime novels, the Adelbert College graduate wants to rally us to the fight.…
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The Prosecutor: He Walks It Like He Talks It By Alex KershawOriginally published in the Weekend Guardian, May 2-3, 1992 To the trained investigator, there are many clues to Andrew Vachss’ character in his shabby office 18 floors above Broadway.…
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Andrew Vachss on the Record By Donald Liebenson Originally published in The Alert, July 1998 Before you settle down with Andrew Vachss’ critically acclaimed novel Safe House, you’ll want to set the proper mood music. Safe House: A Collection of…
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One Sole Practitioner’s Crusade Best-Selling Novelist Has Declared War On Child Abusers By Sean CorcoranOriginally published in Lawyers Weekly USA, November 25, 2002 Andrew Vachss takes single-mindedness to a new level. His entire law career, his best-selling novels, even his…
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Andrew Vachss: Flood’s Angry Author By Laurence ShamesPublished in Playboy, February 1986 “I don’t consider it paranoia,” says author-lawyer Andrew H. Vachss, speaking of the constant state of snarling suspicion in which the gumshoe protagonist of his acclaimed first novel,…
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Convicted Rapist Faces Another Trial By Tom Bubeck, of Today’s Post staff Originally published in Today’s Post, November 30, 1979 NORRISTOWN, PA — The reputed founder of the Scared Straight program who is now serving a three-year rape sentence in…
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Manchevski to bear NL ‘CROSS’ by Josh Chatworth Originally published in the Hollywood Reporter October 10-12, 1997 Milcho Mancheveski, the Macedonian filmaker responsible for the Oscar-nominated Before the Rain, is set to write and direct New Line Cinema’s Cross. Based…