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Add this copy of The Monkey's Raincoat [Elvis Cole and Joe Pike 1] to cart. $163.00, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1989 by Piatkus.
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F- in F- jacket. F-/F-. 8vo. original burgundy boards gilt (inscrip. to FFE) in dustwrapper priced £10.95 (a little rubbed at headcap); pp. vi, 202 (last colophon). A near fine copy. The first in the Elvis Cole and Joe Pike series of detective fiction, author's debut novel.
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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and glossy with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Very light overall wear to the boards with minor scuffing to the spine-ends; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and text pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is tight with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 0.8 lbs; Black dust jacket with image of beer can and watchred and yellow lettering; 1989, Piatkus Books; 201 pages; "The Monkey's Raincoat, " by Robert Crais.
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Book. Octavo, 201 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is black with yellow, red, and peach lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£10.95" on front flap, and has mild shelving wear along the spine tail. Boards have moderate creasing and shelving wear along spine tail and tail joints. Signed flat by Robert Crais on title page. Shelved in hallway. 1390844. Special Collections.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First UK Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped (£19.99 price intact). Published by Piatkus, 1989. Octavo. Red boards stamped in gold. Signed, inscribed, and dated by author on title page. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. Book placed in custom acetate protector. A scarce signed copy of this first hardcover edition of Crais' first book. Business card for the fictional “Elvis Cole Detective Agency” laid in. 201 pages. ISBN: 9780861888177. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
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0861888170. Warmly INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication on the title page. Near fine in a fine dj. (Light hint of foxing at edges) FIRST hardcover edition of the author's FIRST book. (B)
Elvis Cole is original; he' a wise-cracking private eye with a side-kick whose other name should be Rambo. However, it is Joe Pike. This is the first in the series but I've read several of the Elvis and Joe Pike books before.
I have a personal belief that the strength of the author can be seen by just how nice the villain is (versus the totally nonredeemable degenerate that most new writers create for their bad boy). Crais' former matador is charming and interesting -- as well as being a Mexican drug lord.
It was more interesting to see the Elvis - Joe Pike relationship, rather than wading through thousands of words trying to describe a very complex association.
This book is not as good as the later stories but sets up the characters for the future. Elvis is a cross between a sarcastic cynic and a psychologist. Elvis' thoughts carry the plot; he helps Joe Pike navigate a world where Joe seems to be a semi-alien.
Elvis Cole
1. The Monkey's Raincoat (1987)
2. Stalking the Angel (1988)
3. Lullaby Town (1992)
bookwormandapple
Aug 28, 2011
A Good Place to Start
I read this book 20 years ago and remembered it fondly enough to pick it up again this year. In fact, I decided to read the Elvis Cole/Joe Pike novels in chronological order this summer.
What I discovered was a real treat. The Monkey's Raincoat is actually only a fair novel. You can tell it was his first with a less polished style and a heavy reliance on dated cultural references that makes reading the novel now a little harder.
But stick with it and then continue on. What you will see is both a real development of a writer and of the characters Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. Somewhere along the way, Crais really develops his skills and by the time I hit L.A. Requiem, I thought, this is a damn fine story and the characters became fully fleshed out and compelling.
Subsequent books are a little uneven, but the writing quality is still high, and with every book, I fall in love with Elvis and Joe a little bit more.
You might, however, skip Crais' stand-alone novels. Demolition Angel was good, but the others seem like a miss after the Cole and Pike books.
