The Long-Legged Fly by James Sallis
In steamy New Orleans, black private detective Lew Griffin has taken on a seemingly hopeless missing-person case. The trail takes him through the underbelly of the French Quarter with its bar girls, pimps, and tourist attractions. As his search leads to one violent dead end and then another, Griffin is confronted with the prospect that his own life has come to resemble those of the people he is attempting to find. Waking in a hospital after an alcoholic binge, Griffin finds another chance in a nurse who comes to love him, but again he reverts to his old life in the mean streets among the predators and their prey. When his son vanishes, Griffin searches back through the tangles and tatters of his life, knowing that he must solve his personal mysteries before he can venture after the whereabouts of others.James Sallis is the author of fifteen novels, including the Lew Griffin cycle, Others of My Kind, and Drive, as well as a biography of Chester Himes, a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel Saint Glinglin, and other collections of essays and stories, as well as three books of musicology and three prior collections of poems, Sorrow's Kitchen, Rain's Eagerness, and Black Night's Gonna Capture Me Here: New Poems.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802776204 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802776205 |
| Title | The Long-Legged Fly |
| Author | James Sallis |
| Series | Lew Griffin Mysteries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Walker & Company |
| Year published | 2001-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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