Better the Devil You Know...

By Betty Keller

Better the Devil You Know , set in Vancouver in 1907, centres on the picaresque adventures of a small-time con man who passes himself off as an evangelical preacher, the scrawny hooker whom he reluctantly befriends, and the five-year-old hellion left in his care by a former lady friend. In the course of their adventures, these three misfits become involved with a larcenous lingerie salesman, a Klondike miner bent on recovering his stolen poke, a madam intent on revenge for past wrongs, a pugilistic lady barkeep, two doctors determined to acquire a cadaver of their own, a handful of incompetent/ corrupt cops, and a piano teacher with reforming zeal. The pace is riotous, the action continuous, and nobody -- good or bad -- ever gets a break.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0920576885
• ISBN13: 9780920576885
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Caitlin Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"