Few writers have ever had the loyal reader following of Bill Pronzini and his "Nameless Detective." In terms of life on the printed page, the "Nameless Detective" celebrated his 35th birthday in 2003. The fourteen stories in this collection span the entire 35 years of "Nameless's" existence. In "It's a Lousy World," Nameless proves that a friend of his did not commit the crime he was accused of - and shot for, while in "The Pulp Collection," Nameless finds that he has something in common with the dead stranger on the floor ...
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Few writers have ever had the loyal reader following of Bill Pronzini and his "Nameless Detective." In terms of life on the printed page, the "Nameless Detective" celebrated his 35th birthday in 2003. The fourteen stories in this collection span the entire 35 years of "Nameless's" existence. In "It's a Lousy World," Nameless proves that a friend of his did not commit the crime he was accused of - and shot for, while in "The Pulp Collection," Nameless finds that he has something in common with the dead stranger on the floor - they both collected pulp magazines. "Dead Man's Slough" and "The Ghost of Ragged-Ass Gulch" both force Nameless to leave his city of San Francisco and take to the hinterlands to solve a pair of strange murders. "Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern" is a slice of modern urban life - Nameless is just enjoying a quiet beer at the end of the bar when a punk comes in and robs the place, setting in motion a chain of events leading to the solving of two crimes at once. The classic story "La Bellezza Del Bellezze" finds Nameless solving a murder in an old Italian neighborhood, while in "Souls Burning" Nameless tries to help an old friend who just can't seem to stay out of trouble, but wants to make one last chilling try at setting things right. Here are fourteen first-rate crime fiction stories by Bill Pronzini, one of the true masters of the mystery story. Fans of Robert B. Parker and Donald Westlake will enjoy the life of "The Nameless Detective" in Bill Pronzini's Scenarios: A "Nameless Detective" Casebook. Bill Pronzini and his wife Marcia Muller live in California.
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Fair in poor dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 293 p. Five Star First Edition Mystery. Audience: General/trade. Library copy
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None. Fine in Fine jacket. A first edition of Bill Pronzini's Scenarios. Bound in paper covered pictorial boards with an unclipped dustwrapper. First edition. Bill Pronzini (born 1943) is a highly-regarded and very prolific American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. He published his first novel, The Stalker, in 1971. However, his best known works are the Nameless Detective series, which he began in 1971. As of April, 2009, there are more than 35 books in the series, as well as a number of short stories. Over the life of the series, Nameless has gracefully grown and matured as an "everyman" character, ageing along with his creator and audience. While the stories involve the usual range of crimes typical to mysteries, they depict relatively little violence. In a cloth binding in the original dustwrapper. Externally in excellent condition. The binding is tight and firm. There is no wear to the extremities and dust wrapper. Internally the pages are clean and bright. Fine.
