Skräddarsydd för äventyr

Vad händer när en uttråkad societetsman möter en efterlyst kassaskåpssprängare på Broadway? Det blir början på ett osannolikt samarbete där stil möter råstyrka och en biljett ut i det okända.

Jimmy är trött på allt. Han är trött på sin exklusiva klubb, trött på samma gamla anekdoter och framför allt trött på att ständigt bli avvisad av kvinnan han älskar. Men när han blir stoppad av Emerson, en man vars meritlista som inbrottstjuv och bedragare är lika lång som den är imponerande, tar livet en oväntad vändning. Det visar sig att även en professionell brottsling kan lida av dålig smak, och Jimmy ser sin chans att agera mentor i stilens och etikettens värld.

I denna underhållande och skarpa berättelse får vi följa ett möte mellan två helt olika världar. Det är en historia om yta, oväntad vänskap och den enorma kraften i en riktigt bra historia. Genom ett unikt utbyte av tjänster får Jimmy tillgång till en värld fylld av äventyr, prärieeldar och ett mod som han hoppas ska vara nyckeln till fröken Allisons hjärta.

Här presenteras en av litteraturens mest finurliga noveller i en modern nyöversättning. Texten är omsorgsfullt bearbetad för att vara härligt lättläst och flytande, samtidigt som den bevarar originalets kvickhet och ironi. Följ med till ett myllrande New York där gränsen mellan gentleman och skurk är betydligt tunnare än vad någon kunnat ana.

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