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Summary: Imagine the High Lonesome Sound
Review: A good thriller, with something extra... emotion. You feel for these characters, and they live in your memory for a long time. I've read this book three times, and see something new with each look-see. Refreshing to see a hero who is flawed, not some fantasy for adult readers to identify with. Virgil Proctor, and the people he encounters, have the absolute torch and twang of real life.
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Summary: Cowboy Noir DeLuxe
Review: A gritty, sexy, funny picture of subterranean life in Oakland CA, told through the eyes of a displaced cowboy, ex-cop, failed parent, and half-assed sleuth named Virgil Proctor. Like the Virgil of Dante's Inferno, the narrator leads you on a trip through the underworld. If you like the wise-cracking heroes of Raymond Chandler and James Crumley, grab a copy of this book...
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Summary: Good-bye LA, Hello Oakland
Review: Probably one of the best Philip Marlowe tributes written. Great sense of place, and purpose. What crime fiction should aspire to: real people contending with the real world. Damn funny and stylish too, with a touch of heartbreak.
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Summary: Good-bye LA, Hello Oakland
Review: Probably one of the best Philip Marlowe tributes written. Great sense of place, and purpose. What crime fiction should aspire to: real people contending with the real world. Damn funny and stylish too, with a touch of heartbreak.
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