The Right Madness (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series) - Hardcover

Crumley, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786278765 ISBN 13: 9780786278763

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2005

Synopsis

James Crumley is one of the most revered practitioners of post-Chandler crime fiction, praised by the likes of Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly as a major influence. C. W. Sughrue is Crumley's most indelible creation. Now Sughrue is back, in a searing thrill ride of a novel that has the seen-it-all Montana private eye trying to find out which of a small-town shrink's bizarre patients has made off with some highly confidential files. Fast-paced, brutal, melancholy, and ruefully funny, The Right Madness is Crumley at his uncompromising best.

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Review:

"What Raymond Chandler did for Los Angeles of the Thirties, James Crumley does for the roadside West of today."

Vintage Crumley: beautifully written... outrageous... unputdownable. ("The Washington Post Book World")

Do yourself a favor and read it tonight. Nothing you could do with your clothes on will be as pleasurable. (Otto Penzler, The New York Sun)

About the Author:

James Crumley was born in Three Rivers, Texas, and spent most of his childhood in South Texas. After serving three years in the U.S. Army and completing college degrees in history (BA, Texas College of Arts and Industries) and creative writing (MFA, University of Iowa), he joined the English faculty at the University of Montana at Missoula. He was also a visiting professor at a number of other institutions around the country, including the University of Texas at El Paso, Colorado State University, Reed College, and Carnegie-Mellon. His works include a novel of Vietnam, One to Count Cadence, and seven detective novels: The Wrong Case, The Last Good Kiss, Dancing Bear, The Mexican Tree Duck, Bordersnakes, The Final Country, and The Right Madness. He died in Missoula in 2008."

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0786278765
• ISBN 13: 9780786278763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 437