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"As a professional finder, Fergus Ferguson is hired to locate missing objects and steal them back. But it is rarely so simple, especially after his latest job in Cernee. He's been recovering from that experience in the company of friends, the Shipmakers of Pluto, experts at crafting top-of-the-line AI spaceships. The Shipmakers have convinced Fergus to finally deal with unfinished business he's been avoiding for half his life: Earth. Fergus hasn't...
2) Repo man
Series
Criterion collection ; 654
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
About a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious, and other worldly, Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. Featuring the ultimate early-eighties L.A. punk soundtrack, this grungily hilarious odyssey is a politically trenchant take on President Reagan's domestic...
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Series
Ruddy McCann ; 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Ruddy McCann, former college football star, has experienced a seismic drop in popularity; he is now a full-time repo man in Kalkaska, Michigan and part-time bouncer at his sister's bar. His best friend is his low-energy Basset hound Jake, with whom he shares a simple life of stealing cars. Simple, that is, until Ruddy starts hearing a voice in his head. The voice introduces himself as Alan Lottner, a dead real estate agent. Ruddy isn't sure if Alan...
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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
The life of repossession men as they travel up and down the city, taking back goods from people who are behind in their payments. The protagonists are Gunnar Lund, white, and Dewey Bishop, black, and the setting is Columbus, Ohio. A first novel.
5) Repo men
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called The Union. The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, The Union sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property, with no concern for your comfort or survival.
6) Repo madness
Author
Series
Ruddy McCann ; 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Ruddy McCann is back in this laugh-out-loud, thrilling adventure. Ruddy finds himself missing the one thing he thought he would be happy to be rid of - the voice of Alan Lottner, dead realtor and Ruddy's future father-in-law. When Alan's voice returns, Ruddy and Alan work together to bring down a corrupt banker, win back his fiancée's love, and stop a serial killer before he can strike again.
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"From the Edgar Award-winning author of the Hap and Leonard series, a hard-boiled novel set in 1960s Texas in which a no-nonsense car salesman faces a tempting decision, a dangerous deal, and an alluring affair. Ed Edwards is in the used car business, a business built on adjusted odometers, extra-fine print, and the belief that 'buyers better beware.' Burdened by an aging, alcoholic mother constantly on his case to do something worthier of his lighter...
8) Ranchero
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Series
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
An original and ballsy road-trip of a crime novel-most of it in Desmond's ex-wife's Geo-Ranchero is an unforgettable read and a fantastic series debut.
Repo man Nick Reid had a seemingly simple job to do: talk to Percy Dwayne Dubois- pronounced "Dew-boys," front-loaded and hick specific-about the payments he's behind on for a flat screen TV, or repossess it. But Percy Dwayne wouldn't give in. Nope, instead he saw fit to go all white-trash philosophical...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Christine Brown is an ambitious L.A. loan officer. She is on a desperate quest to break an evil curse. Professor Clay Dalton is her charming boyfriend. Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Christine denies the extension to impress her boss and get a leg-up on a promotion, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home. She finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse,...
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Series
Publisher
Daw Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Fergus is back on Earth at last, trying to figure out how to live a normal life. However, it seems the universe has other plans for him. When his cousin sends him off to help out a friend, Fergus accidently stumbles across a piece of an ancient alien artifact that some very powerful people seem to think means the entire solar system is in danger. And since he's the one who found it, they're certain it's also his problem to deal with. With the help...
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Publisher
Justin, Charles & Co., Publishers
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Ex-DEA Agent Jack Merchant is living out his precarious retirement on the docks of Charlestown, Mass., surrounded by the revenge-minded dealers and punks he used to put away. All he's got is his sloop, LILA, but soon enough he gets a visit from the repo man. Except the repo man's a woman, Sarah Ballard. Her proposition: they've got a week to track down a rich couple who've disappeared with their yacht. Find it, and Merchant can keep his boat. The...
12) Repo man
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Two ace "Repo Men" are out to beat ruthless government agents, UFO cultists, hired thugs, a lobotomized nuclear scientist and the infamous Rodriguez Brothers to an incredibly valuable '64 Chevy containing a secret that can change the course of civilization overnight.
Publisher
Bridgestone Multimedia Group, American Division Corporation of Seventh-Day Adventist
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A reluctant family accompanies their businessman father to a small town where his mission is to repossess a hardware store that is run using 'unusual financial practices'. When his son meets a couple of local kids, together they discover a mysterious note that might change everything if they can unravel the mystery in time." --
14) Iced
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Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"On a cold December day in Missoula, the police pull Clay Bennett's corpse from the weeds. For the cops, Bennett's death is an open-and-shut case, the result of a drunken brawl gone out of control. For repo woman Meg Gardner, who'd been looking to snag Bennett's jeep, his death is an opportunity; without him around to make life difficult, the job should be a breeze."--Jacket.
15) Repo man
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"Two ace 'Repo Men' are out to beat ruthless government agents, UFO cultists, hired thugs, a lobotomized nuclear scientist and the infamous Rodriguez Brothers to an incredibly valuable '64 Chevy containing a secret that can change the course of civilization overnight." --
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In the not-so-distant future, a worldwide epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges called GENECO, a biotech company that offer organ transplants, but at a steep price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and are hunted by the Repo Man.
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