Bibliograph

The long-legged fly, a novel, James Sallis

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The long-legged fly, a novel, James Sallis

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

The long-legged fly

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

James Sallis

Series statement

Lew Griffin, bk. 1

Sub title

a novel

Summary

In steamy New Orleans, black private detective Lew Griffin has once again 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

Target audience

adult

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