| The Long-Legged Fly Contributor(s): Sallis, James (Author), Thomas, G. Valmont (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433230011 ISBN-13: 9781433230011 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: As black private detective Lew Griffin pursues a seemingly hopeless missing-person case through the steamy French Quarter of New Orleans, he realizes that his own life has come to resemble those of the people he is attempting to find. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Lew Griffin Mysteries (Audio) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.3" W x 7.4" (0.20 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sallis, James: - James Sallis has published more than a dozen novels, several books of musicology, multiple collections of short stories, poems, and essays, and more. His works have been short-listed for the Anthony, Nebula, Edgar, Shamus, and Gold Dagger awards. Sallis is best known for his novel Drive, which was made into an award-winning motion picture. Thomas, G. Valmont: -G. Valmont Thomas, a longtime member of the acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, has also been a faculty member at the Johnny Carson School of Film and Television at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His voice may also be heard in a number of video games and in advertisements for radio and television. |