From the Amazon Kindle discussions forums, for those interested, be advised it is in PDF format.
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Beth A says:
On Andrew Vachss's website, you can get a free pdf of his first book A Bomb Built in Hell.
While it may be too violent for many, Burke fans may be interested.
The link is ..
http://www.vachss.com/downloads.html
'In 1973 the original Vachss novel, A Bomb Built in Hell, was unanimously rejected by publishers as being impossibly violent and utterly unrealistic ... "beyond science fiction" was one well-remembered quote from a rejection letter. We wish those words, and not the novel, had proved to be prophetic.
A Bomb Built in Hell is Wesley's story, intended, according to Vachss, to be "a doctorate thesis in criminology without the foot-notes, exploring such ideas as the connection between child abuse and crime, and the desperate need of unbonded, dangerous children to form 'families of choice.''' '"