Book SIGNED by author on endpaper "To Gabe" with small cartoon. Oblong

Book SIGNED by author on endpaper "To Gabe" with small cartoon. Oblong quarto, hardcover, near fine in VG purple pictorial dj with one small closed taped tear at bottom. With his trademark wit and wry sense of humor, Tim Egan spins a tale of a life of crime. The Rogues, a shamefully poor bowling team, distraught at their inability to do anything well, are seduced into a life of crime. At last they believe they have stumbled upon something they might just be good at. Lured further into the seedy underworld by Vincent the Goat and the Sheep Lady, they are persuaded to attempt a bank heist. But this goes awry and the four friends wind up in the slammer with seven years' hard labor, and plenty of time to think about the error of their ways.