Monkology: The Ivan Monk Stories
by Gary Phillips
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 093976749X
- ISBN 13
- 9780939767496
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About This Item
Tucson AZ: Dennis McMillan, 2004. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Firmly rooted in the hard-boiled tradition, these 13 stories from Phillips showcase the cool exuberance of black Los Angeles PI Ivan Monk, whose family connections tend to prod him into taking cases no one in his right mind would investigate. Nostalgia is a recurrent theme, as in "Through the Fog Softly," which introduces Monk's father, Josiah Monk, as a soldier in Korea, and in Monk's love of 1950s and '60s cars. Some tales verge on fantasy, such as "The King Alfred Plan," which imagines a scheme to round up blacks into concentration camps. A pseudo-screenplay, "Bring Me the Head of Osama Bin-Laden," is the weakest effort in an otherwise strong collection. At his best, Monk displays something of the cockiness of Robert Parker's Spenser and the racial awareness of Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins. Monk has a toughness all his own, however, and a noir sensibility shines brightly in stories like "Lowball" and "The Raiders." Clean copy. Record # 378559
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 378559
- Title
- Monkology: The Ivan Monk Stories
- Author
- Gary Phillips
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 093976749X
- ISBN 13
- 9780939767496
- Publisher
- Dennis McMillan
- Place of Publication
- Tucson AZ
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Mystery, ShortStories, , .
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