RARA-AVIS: Four For The Money
Mark Sullivan (ANONYMEINC@webtv.net)
Mon, 11 Jan 1999 14:48:51 -0500 (EST)
I just recently read my first Dan J. Marlowe book, Four For The
Money.
It was very impressive. The first person narrator is James
Quick, known
to one and all as Slick, a con man just released from jail. He
will be
the front man in the "one big job" he and three fellow inmates
have
planned in Desert City, Nevada. Slick must find a house for the
four to
live in. Their big revelation is that every robber in Desert
City has
been caught by a roadblock of the single road out of town; they
will
hide in the town. But first Slick must add to the bankroll one
of his
confederates had stashed outside. As each of his partners is
released,
he joins Slick in Desert City.
So the novel has elements of both the con and the caper, two
things for
which I am a sucker. And like all good Gold Medal books, it
packs more
plot in 160 pages than many 4- and 500 page books do today.
I'll
definitely be reading more Marlowe, probably starting with
The Name of
the Game Is Death, which I have seen recommended here
numerous times.
Mark
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