6.5" x 9.25", 250 page hardcover titled SKINNY ANNIE BLUES by Neal Barrett, Jr./ Kensington Books, ISBN # 1-57566-058=X, First Printing, August 1996/ Wiley's father, who abandoned him 18 years ago, dies in Texas. Smelling a rat and ignoring threats from the menacing cop in charge, Wiley departs his Washington, D.C., home (he's a graphic artist who works for the Smithsonian) for steamy Galveston. Redneck thugs try to run him down; greeters from a strip joint open fire on him. Dad's widow, Grace, gives him a high-speed ride in her car, despite being blind. Annie, a beautiful restaurateur, arouses Wiley's lust but seeks union on a higher plane. Harry Sykes, con artist and car thief, says Wiley's father had a major "enterprise" going. Wiley, remembering that his father gave him a stolen bike for one birthday, assumes a scam. The book is complete and in VERY GOOD or better condition with some overall wear that includes several lightly wrinkled pages .