books by James Crumley
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James Crumley
The Last Good Kiss
James Crumley
Vintage
, 1988
holds its own with the classics
I've pretty much given up on trying new mystery writers, because I always wind up disappointed. There are three writers who I love -- Ross MacDonald, Raymond Chandler, and James Elroy. Everyone else I've tried is a distant fourth. I read about James Crumley's recent ...
Dancing Bear
James Crumley
Vintage
, 1984
Another good Milo story
What can I say? I can't gobble these 'ol school/hardboiled PI novels fast enough. Another great Crumley read. Now, I just need to find a copy of "The Final Country",his third Milo mystery....and sadly I'll be done with both Milo and Sughrue series. It's been one heck ...
The Final Country
James Crumley
Mysterious Press
, 2002
Please Milo, don't mess around in Texas again
James Crumley is the best mystery writer at work today, and at times he even conjures the ghost of the great John D. MacDonald. But Crumley's best writing is wrapped up in his love of Montana, and "Final COuntry" is set in Texas. Not to mention all the other ...
The Putt at the End of the World
Lee K. Abbott
,
Dave Barry
, ...
Grand Central Publishing
, 2001
Bagger Vance Meets Monty Python
It is said that a camel is a horse designed by a committee. Since a camel is very efficient doing what camels are intended to do, then the remark must mean that a camel is a very funny looking horse. Well, in The Putt at the End of the World, a committee of nine ...
The Mexican Tree Duck
James Crumley
Mysterious Press
, 2001
the mexican tree duck
The first Crumley book I read was "the last good kiss" I have been hooked on crumley ever since. He is a chandlerisc writter who deftly out chandlers chandler. His black crime writting picks up in the 1970's where chandler left off in the fifties. What "the last ...
One to Count Cadence
James Crumley
Vintage
, 1987
Absorbing
I found this book while I was staying at a castle building thing in France. Here I was, middle of rural Provencial France, tons to see and do and watch and I spend my time sitting on my door step, drinking wine and smoking cigarettes and reading this book. I have ...
The Wrong Case
James Crumley
Vintage
, 1985
Milo's first case
When I had found out about James Crumleys writing style,I figured I'd start with his first Milo adventure...or, is that misadventure? All I know it was a depressing ride!!! But what a ride it was. I just can't get enough of this 'ol style/noir/hardboiled( whatever you ...
Falling Angel
William Hjortsberg
Centipede Press
, 2006
I am proud to own this book!
In mystery there are lot of great writers. I horror, nowadays, you name it. In expetional cult and urban details, it has become a trend. Mr.William has it all in on in lifetime book, amd with twist in the tale that makes it an inordinary book. Stephen King, the ...
Bordersnakes
James Crumley
Mysterious Pr
, 1996
Vengance as a dish best served cold
This book turns on revenge. Milo Milodragovitch is after the man who stole his inheritance. C.W. Sughrue is after the guys who shot him and left him wounded outside a bar. The personalities of this unholy pair demand Old Testament styled punishment. So begins a ...
The Right Madness
James Crumley
Penguin (Non-Classics)
, 2006
Another Sughrue...
...another great read. I just really like James Crumleys style.I guess I'll never tire of the 'ol style,womanizing PI story!!
The Crofter and the Laird
John McPhee
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
, 1970
Excellent early McPhee
The finely detailed observations and vivid turn-of-words which we have come to know so well from McPhee's books on North America and its geological history, is applied here with great skill in this look at the tiny Scottish island of Colonsay and its inhabitants. The ...
Muddy Fork & Other Things
James Crumley
Clark City Press
, 1991
Mystery miscellany
Crumley's an original who doesn't write enough. Like the characters of his books, he's a hard drinker, and it unfortunately affects the output. But would he be the same writer if he wasn't the same drinker? We'll never know, so we'll just have to enjoy what precious ...
Collection, the (Spanish Edition)
James Crumley
MacMillan
, 1998
The Wrong Case
James Crumley
Bantam Books
, 1978
Día de los Muertos
Kent Harrington
, James Crumley
Dennis McMillan Publications
, 1997
Best ever
This is the best noir novel I have ever read, bar none, and that includes Cain and Goodis. It has been said that noir is "people you don't like doing things you don't care about," but not this one. You come to care intensely about Calhoun and his doomed one-day run ...
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