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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. ... have ever read any of the following titles enjoyed them, buy this book immediatelyBy joshua rhoadesIf you have ever read any of the following titles enjoyed them, buy this book immediately. These will seem like strange bedfellows, but they all have traces in Crumley's work; whether he's read any of them or not.Fear Loathing in Las Vegas. Naked Lunch. Cryptonomicon /or Snow Crash. The Road (Kerouac, philistine - actually, strike that, McCarthy works here too - see "Blood Meridian", though). Up Jumped the Devil. Any book written by James Ellroy.If you enjoy gritty, perverse, darkly humorous, archetypal, depressingly-ruinous-but- somehow-cheerful writing in your fiction, this book will take all of an afternoon to finish. Upon completion, I immediately logged in and purchased every novel of Crumley's mentioning the anti-hero "Sughrue" in their descriptions.I'm sincerely hoping the other characters; particularly old-man "Trahearne" make additional appearances. I have always loved self-depreciation in a novel - a wink and nod to reader letting us know we are in on the joke. Crumley quite often fires shots across his own bow, such as Sughrue's criticisms of Trahearne's (who coincidentally is both a poet novelist) novels; stating the characters are one-dimensional; the men are overly manly, the women are penultimate victims. This novel revolves around that very concept, but flipped on it's head. While the men are undoubtedly "manly", the women are every bit as crass, ruthless deviant as the males, often dominating the prose itself, their presence always felt (in particular the brief but thoroughly disturbing appearances of Trahearne's mother).Read it. It won't be the last time you read Crumley.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Two of my favorite writers* were from Missoula, Montana.By H. S. WedekindYou can usually tell if a book is worth reading if the first sentence grabs you. Well, the first sentence below will definitely grab you by the throat and not let go until the last, totally unexpected one:"When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts, in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring afternoon."I had read The Last Good Kiss so many years ago that it seemed like the first time all over again when I picked it a few days ago. Fortunately, for me, I appreciated it a lot more now than I did way back when. At that time James Crumley was still alive and would go on to write more books, unfortunately, not all of them featuring Meriwether, Montana's "world weary" PI C. W. Sughrue.Maybe I have the knack of finding authors whose books grab me who happen to have died back in 2008. The other author is Tony Hillerman. So what did I read before getting hooked on Crumley and Hillerman? Beats me. They mustn't have been all that entertaining or memorable.Anyway, many of the reviewers who have given their opinions about The Last Good Kiss here have said just about all there is to be said, so I won't even bother writing about this book's plot and characters. I just wanted to put in my two cents and five stars. I recommend TLGK highly.* Besides James Crumley, American poet lived in Missoula. I understand that they were good friends and, I suspect, drinking buddies. It's a shame they are no longer with us.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Interesting ReadBy Benjamin RumsonGood Book, but not the home run hitter as described in The Week Magazine.

One of the most influential crime novels ever written, by a legend of the genre. Tough, hard-boiled, and brilliantly suspenseful, The Last Good Kiss is an unforgettable detective story starring C. W. Sughrue, a Montana investigator who kills time by working at a topless bar. Hired to track down a derelict author, he ends up on the trail of a girl missing in Haight-Ashbury for a decade. The tense hunt becomes obsessive as Sughrue takes a haunting journey through the underbelly of America's sleaziest nightmares.

"The last good mystery." mdash;Rolling Stone"James Crumley is a first-rate American writer.... pyrotechnically entertaining, sexy, compassionate." mdash;The Village Voice"What did for the Los Angeles of the Thirties, James Crumley does for the roadside West of today." mdash;Harper'sFrom the Inside FlapAn unforgettable detective story starring C.W. Sughrue, a Montana investigator who kills time by working at a topless bar.About the AuthorJames Crumley was born in Three Rivers, Texas, and spent most of his childhood in South Texas. After serving three years in the U.S. Army and completing college degrees in history (BA, Texas College of Arts and Industries) and creative writing (MFA, ), he joined the English faculty at the at Missoula. He was also a visiting professor at a number of other institutions around the country, including the University of Texas at El Paso, Colorado State University, , and Carnegie-Mellon. His works include a novel of ,nbsp;One to Count Cadence,nbsp;and seven detective novels:nbsp;The Wrong Case,nbsp;The Last Good Kiss, Dancing Bear, The Mexican Tree Duck, Bordersnakes, The Final Country, and The Right Madness. He died in Missoula in 2008.

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