The Disappearing Body

by David Grand

Released from prison after serving time for a murder he did not commit, Victor Ribe, an ex-junkie and World War I veteran, returns to a city where Prohibition has been repealed and the streets are rife with illegal heroin trafficking, forcing legitmate industries to take action, and becomes drawn into the corruption when his old Army buddy reports a murder and then the body vanishes. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

David Grand is the author of Louse, a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, and The Disappearing Body, which Bookforum described as “satirical noir at its mesmerizing best.” Grand received his MFA from New York University, where he held the Fellowship in Fiction and studied with E.L. Doctorow. His writing has appeared in anthologies as well as The New York Times Magazine, Travel and Leisure, BlackBook, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and twin sons.

Reviews

[Jeff]

This writing was very uneven with a number of details thrown in seemingly to add some color to the story. The story kind of comes together at the end, but it was just too uneven to follow closely.