Epitaph for a Tramp and Epitaph for a Dead Beat by David Markson

Epitaph for a Tramp and Epitaph for a Dead Beat by David Markson

Before achieving critical acclaim as a novelist, David Markson paid the rent by writing several crime novels, including two featuring the private detective Harry Fannin. Together here in one volume, these works are now available to a new generation of readers.

In Epitaph for a Tramp, Fannin isn't called out to investigate a murder-it happens on his doorstop. In the sweltering heat of a New York August night, he answers the buzzer at his door to find his promiscuous ex-wife dying from a knife wound. To find her killer, Fannin plies his trade with classic hard-boiled aplomb. In the second novel, Epitaph for a Dead Beat, Fannin finds himself knee-deep in murder among the beatniks and bohemians of the early 1960s, where blood seems to flow as readily as cheap Chianti.

Intricately plotted and rife with wisecracks, David Markson offers suspenseful and literary crime novels.

Markson, David: - David Markson's novel Wittgenstein's Mistress was acclaimed by David Foster Wallace as pretty much the high point of experimental fiction in this country. His other novels, including Reader's Block, Springer's Progress, and Vanishing Point, have expanded this high reputation. His novel The Ballad of Dingus Magee was made into the film Dirty Dingus Magee, which starred Frank Sinatra, and he is also the author of three crime novels. Born in Albany, New York, he has long lived in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9781593761349
ISBN 10	1593761341
Title	Epitaph for a Tramp and Epitaph for a Dead Beat
Author	David Markson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Counterpoint
Year published	2006-11-15
Number of pages	384
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.