Breakdown

Pronzini, Bill

ISBN 10: 038529896X / ISBN 13: 9780385298964

Published by Delacorte Press, New York, 1991

About this Item

Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover.Black boards with medium blue spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Black endpapers. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Inscribed on half-title page "For Woody with thanks and Nameless best" SIGNED Bill Pronzini and dated 3-30-91 . 230 pages. A Nameless Detective Mystery, No. 19. Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 609348

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Breakdown
• Publisher: Delacorte Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038529896X
• ISBN 13: 9780385298964
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction::Mystery/Detective

About this title

Synopsis

Wrongly accused of running down and killing Frank Hanauer on a dark night outside a factory in San Francisco, Thomas Lujack hires the Nameless Detective to clear his name

Reviews

Pronzini's "nameless" San Francisco detective and his partner Eberhardt are trying to prove that their client Thomas Lujack did not mow down his business partner with his car. Although he suspects his client's guilt early on, the 58-year-old gumshoe spends three weeks looking for flaws in the testimony of the hit-and-run's sole witness. Then Lujack is found murdered, the witness disappears, and the detective, instead of being asked to step up his investigation, is discharged by the victim's brother Coleman. In full moral outrage, the veteran detective bulldogs his way through the case, uncovering evidence about the brothers' employment of illegal immigrants. Two-time Shamus Award-winner Pronzini ( Shackles ) delivers rapid-fire dialogue, surprising plot twists and even satisfying fisticuffs on a fog-laden rocky beach, but this rambling adventure, its narrator's trademark melancholy weightier than ever, moves readers to the edge of their seats only at the conclusion.
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