Re: RARA-AVIS: Crumley? Is that the name?

Robert E. Skinner (rskinner@mail.xula.edu)
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 08:33:33 -0600 dpwhite@eden.rutgers.edu wrote:
>
> I'm talking about the well received author who wrote (I think) the
> Long
> kiss Good-bye... Can someone give me a hand with this? Is it a PI
> novel?
> Just a little plot summary with out giving away such things as the
> villain... like killer thang.... please help...

James Crumley wrote THE LAST GOOD KISS, and was probably influenced to
some extent by Chandler's THE LONG GOODBYE (and probably Vera Casparay's
LAURA, as well).

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