Bibliograph

Property values, Charles Demers

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Property values, Charles Demers

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Property values

Oclc number

1029570973

Responsibility statement

Charles Demers

Summary

"The worlds of urban gentrification, overpriced real estate, and gang violence collide in this wryly sardonic sendup of a crime novel by author and comedian Charles Demers (Vancouver Special, The Horrors). As a shaky truce between suburban gangsters starts to unravel, schlubby civilian Scott Clark has other things on his mind: if he can't afford to buy out his ex father-in-law, Scott's about to lose the only house he's ever called home. In Vancouver's red-hot housing market, he doesn't have a chance-until he and his best friends take the desperate measure of staging a fake drive-by shooting on the property to push down the asking price. But when Scott's mobster-posturing stunt attracts the attention of the real criminals, his pretend gang soon finds itself in the middle of a deadly rivalry. With wicked humour and a brilliant cast of desperate characters, Property Values explodes the crime novel trope while exploring the comic lengths a man will go to in order to become a home owner in today's market."--, Provided by publisher

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