Dreadful Summit: A Mystery Novel

By: Stanley Ellin

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Synopsis: His father humiliated, a teenage boy vows bloody revengeEvery sports fan in New York knows Al Judge, the hard-bitten reporter whose column is the scourge of gamblers, gangsters, and corrupt players across the city. Sixteen-year-old George LaMain is Judge&’s biggest fan—right up until the night he decides the writer has to die. George is in his father&’s saloon, waiting for his dad to give him his birthday present: a trip to the fights at Madison Square Garden. They are about to leave when Judge demands George&’s father strip and lie down on the barroom floor. George doesn&’t know why, but his old man does it—and Judge beats him senseless in front of the whole bar. When he&’s finished crying, George takes his father&’s gun and sets out into the night. To avenge his disgraced father, he plans to gun Al Judge down. But before he can become a killer, this birthday boy will have to grow into a man.