Joe Gores (1931–2011)
Autor von Spade & Archer
Über den Autor
Joe Gores lives in Marin County, California. (Bowker Author Biography)
Reihen
Werke von Joe Gores
Tricks and Treats: An Anthology of Mystery Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1976) — Herausgeber — 9 Exemplare
Goodbye, Pops 3 Exemplare
The Second Coming 2 Exemplare
Speak of the Devil: 14 Tales of Crimes and Their Punishments (Five Star Mystery Series) (1999) 2 Exemplare
Öga för öga 1 Exemplar
South of Market [short story] 1 Exemplar
Vous saisissez ? 1 Exemplar
The O'Bannon Blarney File [short story] 1 Exemplar
No Crib for His Bed 1 Exemplar
File #9: Double-Header 1 Exemplar
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I Should Have Stayed Home: The Worst Trips of the Great Writers (1994) — Mitwirkender — 177 Exemplare
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories to Be Read with the Door Locked (1975) — Mitwirkender — 165 Exemplare
The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001) — Mitwirkender — 70 Exemplare
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (1993) — Mitwirkender — 62 Exemplare
AZ Murder Goes Classic: Current Crimewriters Revisit Past Masters (1997) — Mitwirkender — 14 Exemplare
Ellery Queen's Anthology #32: Magicians of Mystery (Fall/Winter 1976) (1976) — Mitwirkender — 9 Exemplare
Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
Killers of the Mind: A Collection of Stories by the Mystery Writers of America (1974) — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
Boucher's choicest; a collection of Anthony Boucher's favorites from Best detective stories of the year (1969) — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare
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Wissenswertes
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Gores, Joseph Nicholas
- Geburtstag
- 1931-12-25
- Todestag
- 2011-01-10
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- Sterbeort
- Greenbrae, California, USA
- Wohnorte
- San Francisco Bay area, California, USA
- Ausbildung
- University of Notre Dame (English literature ∙ 1953)
Stanford University (MA ∙ English Literature ∙ 1961) - Berufe
- private investigator
hod carrier
logger
truck driver
motel manager - Organisationen
- United States Army
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- The Eye (Lifetime Achievement Award, PWA, 2008)
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This book required a lot more suspension of disbelief than I usually can muster. It's not that the general events were so improbable, it's the omniscience of Sam Spade that got my eyes to rolling. Once I accepted that it would be "that type" of book, the story became really very enjoyable.
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“In this underbelly San Francisco they get rolled, or get ripped off, or get a dose of, or maybe even get unlucky and so get dead.”
“Therefore, this alternate San Francisco to the city where the little cable cars reach halfway to the stars is also the cops’ San Francisco.”
I loved Docker! He was like a dark, dark version of Jack Reacher, and an even crazier Anton Chigurh! The story itself, set in San Francisco as it is, feels like a dark version of a Dashiell Hammett novel, and the city itself reads like a dark version of The City! All positives for me! I really enjoyed this book, and I loved the twist at the end! Bravo!… (mehr)