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| Author | Sara Paretsky |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | V. I. Warshawski #11 |
| Genre | Crime novel |
| Publisher | Putnam |
Publication date | September 29, 2003 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 448 pp. |
| ISBN | 0-399-15085-4 |
| OCLC | 51726908 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3566.A647 B55 2003 |
Blacklist is a 2003 novel by crime writerSara Paretsky. It features Private InvestigatorV. I. Warshawski, and was awarded the 2004Crime Writers' AssociationGold Dagger.[1]
Chicago private detectiveV.I. Warshawski is asked by a longtime client to look into his mother's suspicion that trespassers are living in the empty mansion her father built. V.I. discovers a corpse on the property that is found to be a young black journalist who was writing about members of a 1930s federal theater project and one member in particular who was blacklisted during theCommunist witch hunt. V.I. is hired by the journalist's sister to investigate his death.
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