@book{719,
  keywords = {Roman Catholics, Italian Americans, baseball, Pittsburgh Pirates, priests, police},
  author = {K. C. Constantine},
  title = {Brushback},
  abstract = {Rugs Carlucci handles this case: “the brutal murder of Brushback Bobby Blasco, a local hero who once beaned the immortal Ted Williams, even though Williams was his Red Sox teammate,” says <em>Booklist</em> in a starred review.  “Blasco, who has a history of beating wives and girlfriends, has been bludgeoned to death with a Louisville Slugger autographed by the Splendid Splinter.  But Rugs has many competing concerns: his mother’s nightly anxiety attacks; his duties as acting police chief; byzantine city politics; undertrained, overworked cops; and summoning the courage to ask a beautiful woman for a date.”},
  year = {1998},
  journal = {Mario Balzic series, 14/17},
  pages = {278 p.},
  publisher = {The Mysterious Press of Warner Books},
  address = {New York},
  note = {K. C. Constantine is a pseudonym of Carl Constantine Kosak (1934— ).},
  language = {English},
}