A Wasteland of Strangers
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| Book: | A Wasteland of Strangers |
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| Author: | Bill Pronzini |
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| Publisher: | Walker & Company |
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Reviews
Amazon.com
Here’s a fine modern mystery that would have made a wonderful 1950s B movie. Robert Mitchum would have been perfect as the hulking stranger John Faith, who arrives one day in the faded Northern California resort town of Pomo with a mysterious agenda. Who but Paul Douglas could have played the tough but fair-minded police chief? And the part of Storm Carey, the gorgeous widow feeding her grief with rampant sex, would have been a natural for Jan Sterling or Elisabeth Scott. Bill Pronzini both uses and overcomes these film noir images as he skips from voice to voice to tell a tricky, compelling story. Other books by this excellent writer include Blue Lonesome and—from his Nameless Detective series—Hardcase.
