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Name: Shoot the piano player
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: David Goodis

📘 Shoot the piano player by David Goodis

Eddie once captivated audiences at Carnegie Hall, but now plays honky‑tonk for drunks in a Philadelphia dive. When two new figures enter his life—one offering a hopeful future and another dragging him back into danger—Eddie must confront the treacherous past that still haunts him.

First publish date: May 1987

Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator

Authors: David Goodis

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