About this title: C.W. Sughrue - anti-hero of the book "The Last Good Kiss" - is back, on the trail of a kidnapped woman no-one can find - neither her well-connected Republican husband, the FBI, nor a group of violence-prone guys from South America. His only clue is the strange, hollowed-out sculpture of a duck.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780892963911ISBN:0892963913
Description: Grade: C. Catalog: Mystery General Synopsis: Editions vary. 247 pages. It seems that no one can find Sarita Cisneros Pines-not her well-connected Republican husband, not the FBI, not even a gro... read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this DVD supports the North Central Regional Library. Thriftbooks and NCRL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Library ID found on DVD and case. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780446404075ISBN:0446404071
Description: Acceptable. MAY HAVE COVER WEAR, SPINE CREASES, HIGHLIGHTING, UNDERLINING & PAGES YELLOWED FROM AGE. FASTER SERVICE FROM US! ! ! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. 1994-Mass Market Pap----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Mysterious Pr
Date Published: 1993-09
ISBN-13:9780892963911ISBN:0892963913
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG. Very Good Hardcover book with Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Mysterious Pr
Date Published: 1993-09
ISBN-13:9780892963911ISBN:0892963913
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. VG/VG. Very Good Hardcover book with Very Good Dust Jacket. Binding tight and straight. Pages clean and unmarked. read more
Description: Warner Books. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-in Very Good+ dust jacket. Spine is slanted. Light soiling to page ends. Library pocket has been removed. Clear DJ cover glued to boards. 0892963913. A good tight First Edition. Ex-Lib. 247 pages. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Warner Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780446404075ISBN:0446404071
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. Light crease on front cover from opening book. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 260 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Mysterious Press, N. Y.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780892963911ISBN:0892963913
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-Library with normal flaws...........The hard cover and the jacket has light shelf wear...Spine cock. The jacket flaps has been pasted to the inside board........We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.... read more
"This may be the craziest novel I've ever read. The violence gets ridiculously implausible and the plot unwieldy, but along the way there are plenty of great moments, lines and characters thrown into the chaos. I think Crumley was trying to say something about America's drug culture and the aftermath of Vietnam here but I think he failed to say anything coherent. It may be that he intended an 'impressionist' novel, but it didn't really work for me. As others have said before me, after reading "The Last Good Kiss," this novel is somewhat of a disapointment and definitely not the place to start with Crumley."
"Let's get this straight--I'm a Crumley fan, ok? I love his books, I love his writing. So, I'm the "preached-to choir", the target market, shall we say? Just FYI.
This particular Crumley novel stands out for me simply because there is a significantly reckless, anarchic, messed-up feeling to the book...veering from funny to poignant, to crazed, dark and viciously savage at times. It's another one of his "road books" (as so many of his books have the American highway in them, almost like a supporting character, at least to my mind), it's a novel about a "band of brothers" on something that almost feels like a traditional quest--there's guns, drugs, booze, bad and good women, outlaw male bonding, dark nights, and lots of killing and dying to be done...
It's a Crumley novel, folks. Read it like you would listen to EXILE ON MAIN STREET by the Rolling Stones--let it wash over you, get inside it, go for that midnight ride. If you dig that kind of thing: snag this one, and enjoy!"
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