Shoot the Piano Player

Shoot the Piano PlayerBy: David Goodis Once upon a time Eddie played concert piano to reverent audiences at Carnegie Hall. Now he bangs out honky tonk for drunks in a dive in Philadelphia. But then two people walk into Eddie's life the first promising Eddie a future, the other dragging him back into a treacherous past. Shoot the Piano Player is a bittersweet and nerve racking exploration of different kinds of loyalty: the kind a man owes his family, no matter how bad that

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