Just finished this short novel. It's moody, dark,
intelligent, introspective, and noirish. Lew Griffin is a
black private investigator in New Orleans. He's got a
well-deserved reputation as a badass. He murders a junkie in
the first few pages. There isn't a lot of emphasis on plot.
Lew goes from one missing person case to another, nearly all
of them with bad endings. The emphasis is on atmosphere and
voice and contemplation of the human condition. Bunches of
literary references.
The book did a good job of presenting race issues. Probably
better than Ed Lacy, Chester Himes, and Iceberg Slim.
Interesting, considering that Sallis is white.
There's a Paul Duncan interview with Sallis at the end. This
book is formatted different from any other book I own. You
flip it upside down and it features Sallis's MOTH.
miker
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