Taco Bell?
Well, L.A. Morse wrote a P.I. novel called The Big Enchilada
way back in
'82. In the little author's note at the beginning he states
that "This is a
work of fiction, but, then, so is Los Angeles...
One last thought on Michael Stone's A Long Reach. What a sigh
of relief at
the end. After all, a mime is a terrible thing to
waste...(sorry)
Just finished Bill Pronzini's A Wasteland of Strangers
(1997). Amazing,
non-P.I. book. Not sure if it's hardboiled or not, or even if
it's truly a
crime novel, although its view of smalltown prejudice is
certainly harsh,
and crime certainly figures prominently...anyway, anyone on
this list will
probably like it. It's about a stranger who wanders into the
wrong small
town, a sort of noirish mix of Shane and Peyton Place. The
whole time I was
reading it, I kept envisioning it as a sort of hand-held
camera, black and
white, claustrophobic pseudo-documentary film, unsettling,
yet unable to
ignore. Is it me, or was this a great book?
The edition I have mentions another Pronzini non-series book
called Blue
Lonesome, put out by the same publisher (and possibly
similiar in tone).
Anyone read that one? Pronzini has written tons of
non-Nameless books, but
I've never heard of Blue Lonesome. Anyone?
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The Thrilling Detective Web Site
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No Business For a Lady? Women Detectives in this month's P.I.
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