The Devil and the Detective

John Goldbach

Sinossi

Robert James, a private detective more interested in chronicling his cases than solving them, gets a midnight call from a young woman whose older husband has been found with a knife in his chest. Murder, corruption, and betrayal ensue as he's drawn into the dark underworld of his client, but hapless Robert and his sidekick, a flower-delivery guy, can't stop drinking, smoking, and philosophizing long enough to keep up. Imagine The Big Sleep via Fernando Pessoa, with a side of Buster Keaton.
   
'Goldbach's touch is light and his narrative momentum is fierce.'
   
– Globe and Mail
   
'Told in a sort of punchÂ?drunk, slapstick stream that melds dreams, misperception and dialogue, the story has undeniable momentum, even as it veers persistently and amusingly off course. [Four stars]'
   
– Timeout Chicago

Disponibile da: 27/03/2013.

Lunghezza di stampa: 160 pagine.

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