Strega (novel)
ISBN 0-394-55937-1 | | |
| Preceded by | Flood | |
|---|---|---|
| Followed by | Blue Belle | |
Strega (
pedophile ring involved in trading child pornography via telephone modems. The novel was written and published long before social concern over the use of the Internet for spreading or trading child pornography became widespread.[1][2] The second novel in the Burke Series
, it introduced numerous characters who would go on to appear in all of the series thereafter: Immaculata (Max's girlfriend and later mother to Flower); rescued child prostitute Terry (who would become Mole and Michelle's son); and Wolfe, who is serving as an Assistant District Attorney when the events in this story take place.
After the critical acclaim and commercial success of his first novel Flood, Vachss was contacted by Robert Gottlieb, then editor-in-chief of the New York publishing house Alfred A. Knopf, and signed a contract with an advance of US$175,000 for Strega.[3] The novel subsequently won the 1988 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, a prestigious French award for mystery and crime novels, and the 1989 Falcon Award by the Maltese Falcon Society of Japan.[4]
References
- ISBN 1-904385-37-0.
- ISBN 978-1-84392-356-5.
- ISSN 0028-7369.
- ^ "Andrew Vachss - Contemporary Author New Revision Series, Volume 44, pages 444-446". The Official Website of Andrew Vachss. Retrieved 16 October 2010.