A real page turner, but pretty violent. Could Crumley or any author squeezed in any more characters or sub plots in a single book?
Completely engrossing, energized by some clever plotting, self-deprecating humor, and an underplayed tenderness. - Washington Post Book World.
True to his style of his style of writing enjoyed it from cover to cover.
True to his style of his style of writing enjoyed it from cover to cover.
Ex-private eye Milo, Austin, Texas collides with a big black man who's just shot a drug dealer- but the man just as quickly disappears. The cops want Milo to find him; Milo gets involved in a world of big money, small armies, and two lustful women.
I can't believe I even bothered to finish it. Horrible swearing... that's all I really remember about it, other than that I HATED IT.
