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Kiss Me, Judas is a 1998 neo-noir novel by the American author Will Christopher Baer. The book was first published on October 1, 1998, through Viking Press and follows the character of Phineas Poe after he wakes up in a hotel bathtub full of ice to discover that somebody has removed one of his kidneys.
- Will Christopher Baer
- 1998
Jan 1, 1998 · The Phineas Poe trilogy—Kiss Me, Judas; Penny Dreadful; and Hell’s Half Acre—is narrated by the disgraced ex-cop turned ex-junkie of the same name. In Kiss Me, Judas, Poe wakes up in a bathtub full of ice, missing a kidney. He spends the rest of the novel chasing the hooker, Jude, who stole it from him, bumping into other characters ...
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- Will Christopher Baer
Mar 1, 2000 · Fast, corrosive wit, glittering, razor-sharp images, a cast of comic and sinister characters, part love story, part mystery, part hallucination, Kiss Me, Judas is a startling novel of modern noir. “A surreal nightmare full of the hard-boiled nourish spirit of Raymond Chandler.” – San Francisco Chronicle
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- Will Christopher Baer
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Oct 1, 1998 · Kiss Me, Judas: A Novel. Hardcover – October 1, 1998. “Don’t worry,” a voice whispers. “You really only need one.”. Phineas Poe, disgraced cop turned psychiatric case, turned murder suspect, turned reluctant kidney donor, gives $200 to a beautiful woman in a red dress, a scar at the edge of her mouth and a body like a knife.
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Jan 20, 2011 · Kiss Me Judas flickered between hard work and okay throughout my reading of it. It all starts when disgraced cop Phineas Poe wakes up post a one-night stand in a bathtub of ice and blood missing a kidney and the novel follows his relationship with said missing organ and its keeper, Jude.
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- Will Christopher Baer
About Kiss Me, Judas. “Don’t worry,” a voice whispers. “You really only need one.”. Phineas Poe, disgraced cop turned psychiatric case, turned murder suspect, turned reluctant kidney donor, gives $200 to a beautiful woman in a red dress, a scar at the edge of her mouth and a body like a knife. He then wakes up in a bath of melting ice ...
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KISS ME, JUDAS. by Will Christopher Baer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, 1998. Stylistically superb debut that reinvents the thriller, dots every noir, and slashes every t, each note pitch-perfect as a presto from hell. After six years with Denver’s Internal Affairs Division as a rat sniffing about the IAD itself, Phineas Poe has a nervous ...
