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Highly praised by blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Alvah Bessie, this is a novel combining the hard boiled detective and the politics of HUAC, Alger Hiss, and the Kinsey Report. Set in 1949.
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First published September 1, 1982
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June 8, 2013
The third and final Riley Kovachs book finds Riley trying to foil a plot to lobotomize Francis Farmer. DeMarco blends real life people and events like the HUAC trials, the Hollywood Ten and Dalton Trumbo into his pulpy detective stew. The gumshoe patois can get a little thick at times but overall makes for another politically left leaning addition to the crime genre.
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