11 used & new from £4.80
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
Labyrinth / Bones (Nameless Detective: 2 Stories in 1)
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.

Labyrinth / Bones (Nameless Detective: 2 Stories in 1) (Paperback)

by Bill Pronzini (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

Available from these sellers.


2 new from £107.95 7 used from £4.80 2 collectible from £12.99

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Nightcrawlers: A Nameless Detective Novel (Nameless Detective Mystery)

Nightcrawlers: A Nameless Detective Novel (Nameless Detective Mystery)

by Bill Pronzini
5.0 out of 5 stars (1) 
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Knightsbridge Pub Co Mass; First THUS edition (July 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1877961922
  • ISBN-13: 978-1877961922
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 565,146 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in this category:

    #7 in  Books > Crime, Thrillers & Mystery > Authors, A-Z > P > Pronzini, Bill

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Tag this product

 (What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:
 (1)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Tec Fiction told with style, 20 Aug 2003
By Russel D. Mclean "Russel D McLean" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
As a crime fiction afficiando, I'm always pleasantly surprised to find an author I never knew before. Bill Pronzini generally won't be found on the shelves of the local and that's a shame because he's a superb thriller writer, and these two Nameless mysteries in particular are superb.

Writing like Chandler and Hammet in the modern world, Pronzini takes us on a journey through the twisted, labarynthe lives of Nameless' clients building twist upon twist into a satisfying tour of murder and hidden motives.

The central character, the nameless detective, is a superb creation: the PI stripped to the bone. He has no real personal life, and the clever quirk of never revealing his name (similar to Hammet's Continental Op)is less irritating than one might otherwise believe. We learn snippets of who he is: his Black Mask obsession, for example, but these glimpses serve only to illuminate his humanity and leave us wondering who he really is. And its a trick Pronzini pulls off in style.

The two stories in this volume, Labarynth and Bones are gripping reads that speed through to their superb climaxes. In Bones, Nameless' obsesion with the pulp PI magazines comes to the fore as he investigates the suicide of a pulp crime writer, while in Labyrinth a relatively simple bodyguard assignment pulls Nameless into family intrigue and an ever increasing bodycount. Superlative, gripping crime writing in the best of pulp fashions for the modern age.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject







i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.