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James crumley was born in three rivers, texas, and spent most of his childhood in south texas. Add a destitute private investigator and his onelegged, m eth. The mexican tree duck new york public library overdrive. James crumley never made it the first time round so i find it bizarre his turgid. The biggest problem is crumley appears as drunk as his protagonist sughrue. Winner of the dashiell hammett award one night up in montana, c. In bordersnakes 1996 milo and sughrue, former partners, reteam to hunt for missing money. Sughrue sets his seedy bars pricey jukebox in front. James crumley has been writing the mexican tree duck on and more usually off for the past 10 years, although its hero, montanabased. This acclaimed book by james crumley is available at in several formats for your ereader. Its not just a fine first novel, its a wonderful book. Too much is never even close to enough for crumley. Someone gutshot sughrue in new mexico and left him to live with his demons, and someone took all the money in milodragovitchs daddys will, leaving milo with just a suit and a cadillac.
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Pi milo milodragovich turns a very hammered 60 years old in this energetic, poetic, violent and extremely funny ride, which comes within a belly laugh or two of equaling crumley s absolute mast. James crumley author james crumley was born in three rivers, texas, and spent most of his childhood. Gardner dozois recommended james crumley s the last good kiss to me as the best hardboiled detective novel written in the last ten years. The mexican tree duck ebook by james crumley kobo edition. Tough writing with a manic edge and a neat surprise at the end. Jul 12, 2016 theres a hypnotic craziness, that affectation for excess, expressed in profane and compelling and ultimately romantic language, that makes you keep reading the mexican tree duck. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the mexican tree duck c. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.
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