GHOST OF A FLEA (A Lew Griffin Mystery)

Sallis, James

ISBN 10: 0802733697 / ISBN 13: 9780802733696

Published by Walker Books, 2001

About this Item

Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. The mystery of Lew Griffin is revealed in the concluding novel of an honored series. In his old house in uptown New Orleans, Lew Griffin is alone.or almost. His relationship with Deborah is falling apart, his son, David, has disappeared again, leaving a note that sounds final. His friend Don Walsh, who is leaving the police department, is shot interrupting a robbery. And Lew is he hasn't written anything in years; he no longer teaches.there's nothing to fill his days. Even the attempt to discover the source of threatening letters to a friend leaves him feeling rootless and lost. Through five previous novels, James Sallis has enthralled and challenged readers as he has told the story of Lew Griffin, private detective, teacher, writer, poet, and a black man moving through time in a white man's world. And now Lew Griffin stands alone in a dark room, looking out. Behind him on the bed is a body. Wind pecks at the window. Traffic sounds drift aimlessly in. He thinks if he doesn't speak, doesn't think about what happened, somehow things will be all right again. He thinks about his own life, about the other's, about how the two of them came to be here. In a story as much about identity as it is about crime, Sallis has held a mirror up to society and culture, while at the same time setting Lew Griffin the task of discovering who he is. As the detective stands in that dark room, the answers begin to come clear and the highly acclaimed series builds to a brilliantly constructed climax that will resonate in readers' minds long after the story is finished. Mint, unread, first edition, first printing, in as new, mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} M138.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GHOST OF A FLEA (A Lew Griffin Mystery)
• Publisher: Walker Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802733697
• ISBN 13: 9780802733696
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Mint
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A powerful novel of self-discovery, crime, and culture follows private detective, teacher, poet, and writer Lew Griffin as he tries to deal with his turbulent personal life when his relationship with Deborah disentigrates, his son disappears again, and his friend Don Walsh, who is leaving the police department, is shot interrupting a robbery.

About the Author

James Sallis is the author of more than two dozen volumes of fiction, poetry, translation, essays, and criticism, including the Lew Griffin cycle and Drive. His biography of the great crime writer Chester Himes is an acknowledged classic. Sallis lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife, Karyn, and an enormous white cat.