The Night Gardener65 reviews George Pelecanos Grand Central Publishing, 2007 Outstanding thriller + Great book, should be a movie + A gripping crime drama and intimate look at a City and its people I'm a big fan of the police procedural/thriller genre when it comes to TV and movies--frequently getting sucked into reruns of "Law & Order: SVU" when I should be doing other things--but for some reason I haven't read many books like this. Maybe it's time to change that. As the story begins, ...             Islands in the Stream : A Novel54 reviews Ernest Hemingway Scribner, 2003 Favorite + redemption + My favorite novel of all! + to all you reviewers who thought this a poor book... + Life is good avec papa             The Long Goodbye60 reviews Raymond Chandler Vintage, 1988 Arguably Chandler's Best + The Shadow Line + This man knows how to write. + The too-long Goodbye + Swell             L.A. Confidential103 reviews James Ellroy Grand Central Publishing, 1997 One of Ellroy's Masterpieces + Intense, gripping, exciting + Very long, very different from the movie + Not Free SF Reader + Everything you could ask for in a novel             A Confederacy of Dunces (Evergreen Book)962 reviews John Kennedy Toole Grove Weidenfeld, 1987 Smart, Funny, Without the Usual Conceit + The funniest book I've ever read + incredible book + Odd, Sad, Funny, Unique and Just Plain Great! + Hilarious, dark, brilliant             Legends of the Fall20 reviews Jim Harrison Delta, 1980 Read this book and forget the movie + Innocence lost + The BEST American fiction of my generation + Great read in all seasons + His best to date             Night Dogs37 reviews Kent Anderson Bantam, 1999 Raw, powerful narrative + Kent Anderson does it again + Bitter Truth + gritty, beautiful cop story             A Walk on the Wild Side: A Novel11 reviews Nelson Algren Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998 One of my favorites + Absolutely stunning + Down Those Mean Streets with Algren + A flawed masterpiece             The Last Good Kiss44 reviews James Crumley Vintage, 1988 classic PI fiction + holds its own with the classics + Intricate mystery + Great Read             Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West310 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage, 1992 Unflinching Crimson Epic of the Old West + A very good, dark read... + unbridled havoc + The best of McCarthy + Great read, not an "easy" read, but worth the effort             The Choirboys31 reviews Joseph Wambaugh Dell, 1987 The choirboys + Author's Best + Great Police Story + Great reading!!! + Fun read             The Glass Key19 reviews Dashiell Hammett Vintage, 1989 Fast, precise and great fun!!! + IN THE TIME OF THE 'FIXER' Dashiell Hammett creates a world of authentic tough guys in The Glass Key. This is the tale of what happens when people aspire to "love" in order to move up in the world. When a man is framed for murder, the question becomes, did he do it for love or did someone frame him using his love ...             Suttree60 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Vintage, 1992 Great! + Why can't I write like this? This is an amazing book. I finished it in 4 days and started all over again. Not for children though.             The Glass Key19 reviews Dashiell Hammett Vintage, 1989 Fast, precise and great fun!!! + IN THE TIME OF THE 'FIXER' Dashiell Hammett creates a world of authentic tough guys in The Glass Key. This is the tale of what happens when people aspire to "love" in order to move up in the world. When a man is framed for murder, the question becomes, did he do it for love or did someone frame him using his love ...             Night Dogs37 reviews Kent Anderson Bantam, 1999 Raw, powerful narrative + Kent Anderson does it again + Bitter Truth + gritty, beautiful cop story             The Last Good Kiss44 reviews James Crumley Vintage, 1988 classic PI fiction + holds its own with the classics + Intricate mystery + Great Read             The Long Goodbye60 reviews Raymond Chandler Vintage, 1988 Arguably Chandler's Best + The Shadow Line + This man knows how to write. + The too-long Goodbye + Swell             L.A. Confidential103 reviews James Ellroy Grand Central Publishing, 1997 One of Ellroy's Masterpieces + Intense, gripping, exciting + Very long, very different from the movie + Not Free SF Reader + Everything you could ask for in a novel             A Walk on the Wild Side: A Novel11 reviews Nelson Algren Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998 One of my favorites + Absolutely stunning + Down Those Mean Streets with Algren + A flawed masterpiece             The Night Gardener65 reviews George Pelecanos Grand Central Publishing, 2007 Outstanding thriller + Great book, should be a movie + A gripping crime drama and intimate look at a City and its people I'm a big fan of the police procedural/thriller genre when it comes to TV and movies--frequently getting sucked into reruns of "Law & Order: SVU" when I should be doing other things--but for some reason I haven't read many books like this. Maybe it's time to change that. As the story begins, ...