The big bad city.
The gutter and the grave.
There is no explicit sex and violence is present but not at the forefront.
Detective matt cordell was happily married once and gainfully employed and sober.
The gutter and the grave 2005 was first published in 1958 with ed mcbain writing under the name curt cannon.
The gutter and the grave 2005 was first published in 1958 with ed mcbain writing under the name curt cannon.
This edition is ed mcbain s preferred text complete with edits made just prior to his death.
Farrell read a sample chapter.
Matt cordell is a bum he was once a detective but after.
But that was before he caught his wife cheating on him with one of his operatives and took it out on the man with the butt end of a 45.
The gutter and the grave is a reprint of a novel originally published by gold medal under the title i m cannon for hire and the byline of curt cannon the name the cordell s character was changed to.
And to some degree he hits the mark.
The house that jack built.
Although the protagonist is a drinker and a prowler he is also some kind of gentleman with solid values.
That s what you get for doing a guy a favor.
The gutter and the grave ed mcbain author.
The gutter and the grave by ed mcbain.
978 0857683670 cover art by richard b.
Compared to other novels within the hard case crime series the gutter and the grave written in the 1950s is a very classic very noir crime story.
The intent was seemingly to write in the style of mickey spillane creating a hard hitting self loathing dame packed private eye.
But that was before he caught his wife cheating on him with one of his operatives and took it out on the man with the butt end of a 45.
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Hard case crime 6 99 217p isbn 978 0 8439 5587 3.
The gutter and the grave ed mcbain december 2005 isbn.
The gutter and the grave 2005 was first published in 1958 with ed mcbain writing under the name curt cannon.
Matt cordell is a bum he was once a detective but after.
The intent was seemingly to write in the style of mickey spillane creating a hard hitting self loathing dame packed private eye.
And to some degree he hits the mark.
The gutter and the grave 2005 was first published in 1958 with ed mcbain writing under the name curt cannon.
And to some degree he hits the mark.
And to some degree he hits the mark.
And to some degree he hits the mark.
The intent was seemingly to write in the style of mickey spillane creating a hard hitting self loathing dame packed private eye.
The intent was seemingly to write in the style of mickey spillane creating a hard hitting self loathing dame packed private eye.
