Sylvia: A Novel

By Howard Fast

Book Overview

Originally written under the pseudonym of E. V. Cunningham during the era of blacklisting, this tale of a woman whose past repeatedly eludes a down-on-his-luck private investigator is accompanied by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1559721286
• ISBN13: 9781559721288
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Birch Lane Pr
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

"Yes ... I remember Sylvia"

Written by Howard Fast (The Lavette Saga) while he was black-listed during the McCarthy era, Sylvia is a suspenseful detective mystery. The detective, Alan Macklin, is hired by a wealthy businessman to investigate his wife-to-be. The trail leads him to Los Angeles, New York, and Mexico, and takes Macklin deeper and deeper into the dark secrets of Slvia's life and the people that know her.