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His novel the last good kiss was referred to as the most influential crime novel of the last 50 years. The mexican tree duck kindle edition by crumley, james. Tough, hardboiled, and brilliantly suspenseful, the last good kiss is an unforgettable detective story starring c. James arthur crumley october 12, 1939 september 17, 2008 was the author of violent hardboiled crime novels and several volumes of short stories and essays, as well as published and unpublished screenplays. Theyre usually afraid of something deep down inside, either that theyre a. James crumley author james crumley was born in three rivers, texas, and spent most of his childhood in south texas. Log in to get better recommendations with a free account. Sughrue is from meriwather, montana, is an alcoholic, enjoys a good weapon and uses nonlinear detective methods. The last good kiss made me wonder how is crumley not better known, the answer to that is the mexican tree duck. The particular book untitled the mexican tree duckis one of several books this everyone. Check out other translated books in french, spanish languages. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the mexican tree duck. Crumleys books are among the mostrespected private eye novels of the turn of the millenium, and crumley earned a reputation as one of that eras foremost writers of privateeye fiction.
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