The Devil and The Detective

By John Goldbach

Book Overview

"Goldbach's touch is light and his narrative momentum is fierce."--The Globe and Mail

Robert James, a private detective more interested in chronicling his cases than solving them, gets a midnight call from a young woman whose older husband has been found with a knife in his chest. Murder, corruption, and betrayal ensue as he's drawn into the dark underworld of his client, but hapless Robert and his sidekick, a flower-delivery guy, can't stop drinking, smoking, and philosophizing long enough to keep up. Imagine The Big Sleep via Fernando Pessoa, with a side of Buster Keaton.

John Goldbach is the author of Selected Blackouts, a collection of stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552452697
• ISBN13: 9781552452691
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Coach House Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"