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Title: Boobytrap: A "Nameless Detective" Novel by Bill Pronzini ISBN: 0-7867-0505-1 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: August, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Compassionate and humane crime novel
Comment: It is always problematic when you come late to a long running and well established series in any genre as nuances and subtleties of relationships,familiar to veteran afficionados of the series may well be lost to newcomers.The series about the Namelss Detective ,now numbering nigh on 30 titles,is a good instance where I am concerned."Boobytrap"is only my second taste of the series and there are echoes of his past cases in the book,and in particular details of how these have shaped his current world view,Nameless does age in the series and his increasing fallibility,physical and emotional is a key undercurrent to events.
In the book he is on vacation in the High Sierra Lakes ,with the son(Chuck)and wife(Marion)of local DA Tom Dixon.They are to be joined by Dixon on the conclusion of urgent court matters in San Francisco,There is a large problem however,for Dixon is the target of "Latimer"a recently paroled bomber/boobytrapper and a man intent on revenge against all those instrumental in sending him to prison,including Dixon."Latimer"is in the area ,in the guise of a vacationer and quite prepared to kill in order to wreak his revenge on Dixon.
The allure of the book for me is less in its thrillerish and crime elements but in its meditations on how life and its
tribulations has changed Nameless by making him aware of his own mortality.Sickened by the deaths in his own life he gives up fishing not wishing to add to the burden of death.Namelss reflects bitterly on a society that spawns men like Latimer who see revenge for proper punishment as their due.Love all too often seems like the most fragile and tenuous barrier to encroaching darkness be this individual or societal.Nameless is not a hardboiled private eye but warm ,human and a good man who has paid a bitter price for survival .Nameless is a good man,professionally and personally and I recommend the book to you.
Rating: 5
Summary: An excellent read
Comment: If you haven't met Bill Pronzini's "Nameless Detective", this novel is a good one to start with. Pronzini's writing is clear, and he knows how to keep the reader on the edge of his seat. If you read this one you will soon want to read all his other "Nameless Detective" novels.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another superb entry in this outstanding series
Comment: If you haven't met "Nameless" yet, or encountered the work of Bill Pronzini, you are in for a rare treat. Start 'Boobytrap' and you can begin planning how to spend your reading time over the upcoming holidays--by starting from the beginning of this superb series. Pronzini's books are very well-plotted, contain complex and engaging characters, and are written in a fluid but muscular style balanced with refreshing touches of humor. Pronzini does the traditions of the detective genre proud, while still remaining very much his own man. Mystery writing doesn't get much better than this. Kick back and enjoy.
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Title: Spook: A Nameless Detective Novel by Bill Pronzini ISBN: 0786710861 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Bleeders: A "Nameless Detective" Novel by Bill Pronzini ISBN: 0786709421 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: 09 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Crazybone by Bill Pronzini ISBN: 0786707305 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: August, 1900 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Illusions: A "Nameless Detective" Novel by Bill Pronzini ISBN: 0735102228 Publisher: Replica Books Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Sentinels: A "Nameless Detective" Novel by Bill Pronzini ISBN: 0786710144 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub. Date: 10 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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