Ed,
Re your comment below:
"I'm thinking the Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective was an
MP who came out of the Vietnam experience. I want to read
more in that series, particularly the early ones."
Pronzini's Nameless WAS an MP but he came out of the WW2
experience. After the war he joined the SFPD, then left after
several years to open his own agency.
When Pronzini first started the series in the late
'60's he conceived of the character as already being
middle-aged, say late 40's/early 50's (Pronzini was still in
his 20's, so this was probably a way to distance himself from
his character).
As time went by, and Nameless aged at a much slower rate than
normal (he's now admitting to 60, I think), references to his
WW2 service were gradually dropped.
JIM DOHERTY
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