Dancing Bear

What can I say? I can't gobble these 'ol school/hardboiled PI novels fast enough. Another great Crumley read. Now, I just need to find a copy of "The Final Country",his third Milo mystery....and sadly I'll be done with both Milo and Sughrue series. It's been one heck of a ride!!!

A good book has you reading as quicky as possible. But when you finish you wish it would have lasted longer. That's true of this book. It still is after multiple readings.I've read all his books and still can't tell the difference between Milo and Sughrue. All I know is that both characters have only a marginally superior sense of right and wrong compared to the "bad guys". People who like their heroes clean cut should read Robert Crais' Elvis Cole series.His later books haven't been as good, but I still read them to keep up on the wanderings of the characters.If you want a change of pace, read "One to Count Cadence", his first novel.

If the great Dr. Hunter S. Thompson ever took to writing detective fiction, this is how it would most likey read. Crumley's P.I. Milo Milodragovitch is back from his best written work, "The Wrong Case." This story is far more violent and drug addled than the previous Milo adventure, and that weakens it somewhat. But its still a hell of a fun ride. Crumley's prose at times remind you of the Dr.'s "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Given that Milo also haunts the West, this is an apt analogy. Overall, this is an exellent hardboiled detective fiction novel that is not for the faint of heart.

This is James Crumley's best book. I've read it 4 times and it just doesn't get better than this

Milo returns from The Wrong Case to do a favor for a lady. He then finds he's a pawn in a sinister cover-up. He elegantly weaves his personal demons and his family/regional history into an exciting saga of bottomless evil, suspense and personal redemption. The climax is first rate and the characters are memorable. Crumley is the best living detective writer