The Name of the Game is Death

New York, NY: Random House: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Near Fine. 1993. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Paperback. First Edition Thus (1993). First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Very Near Fine in Wraps: shows the expected light tanning to the text pages, due to aging; very faint foxing to the top edge and less to the fore-edge; just a hint of wear to the extremities; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the panels. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and minor, unobtrusive cosmetic imperfections. Bright and Clean. Corners Sharp. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5.25 x 0.4 inches) . Language: English. Weight: 6.2 ounces. First published in 1962. Trade Paperback. Dan J. Marlowe (1917 – 1986) was an American writer of crime fiction. Gunshots in Another Room: The Forgotten Life of Dan J. Marlowe (2012) by Charles Kelly, tells the story of Marlowe, his amnesia, his involvements with bank robber Albert Frederick Nussbaum and with murderer Bobby Randell Wilcoxson. 'The Name of the Game is Death" is the first of the "Drake" novels. It is among the hardest of the 'hard-boiled' crime novels; among 'noir' fiction, the very darkest. Right out of the gate, this novel puts the pedal to the metal and ratchets up the tension, dropping the reader in the dead center of a bank heist. The book is tightly plotted, moving fast from one excitement to the next, making for one wild ride. Marlowe had a real life "FBI's most wanted" criminal as consultant on his novels, lending credence to the real-life feel of his characters and scenarios. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 138 pages. pages .