Bill James

Wolves of Memory

“Savagely comic and expertly choreographed.”—The Guardian

A large, carefully plotted “cash-in-transit” raid goes hopelessly awry when armed policemen intervene to seize the perpetrators. Relatives and friends of the incarcerated are convinced that information—the date, the time—was leaked by the only man to escape before his arrest. Deputy Constable Colin Harpur and Assistant Constable Desmond Iles are delegated the job of hiding and protecting the informant and his family.

“James’s writing dazzles with its poetic brevity . . . in between the mordant hilarity and the splendid, read-aloud quotes lies a modern morality play of epic scope.”—Publishers Weekly