*Nobody* writes about intoxication the way Crumley does. My
favorite living hardboiled novelist.
Another obvious example of the topic header are the good
early Scudder novels, where Scudder somehow manages to solve
the case in between alcoholic blackouts.
doug
--- Pat Zeitoun <
pwz@tca.net> wrote:
> I am a great admirer of James Crumley's work
and
> must mention that his
> Milodragovitch and C.W. Shugrue have to rank
among
> the world class drinkers
> and dopers in crime fiction. I come away from
each
> book with a helluva
> hangover!
> Cheers,
> PatZ
>
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