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Description

Meet Ed Kennedy—underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he’s hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank... read more

Cast of Characters/Important People

  • Ed Kennedy: "And at nineteen, Ed Kennedy found the first card in the mail."

Memorable Quotes

  • “A dark wind makes it through the trees. The sky is nervous. Black and blue. My heart applauds inside my ears, first like a roaring crowd, then slows and slows till it’s a solitary person , clapping with unbridled sarcasm.”
  • “My first memory is of being four years old and getting a piggyback from Gregor Kennedy, my father. That was when the world wasn't so big and I could see everywhere. It was when my father was a hero and not a human.”
    Ed Kennedy

First Sentence

The gunman is useless.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Markus Zusak (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. David Goldin (Cover Artist)
 

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