{"product_id":"fadeout-9781444784473","title":"Fadeout","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewly available in print, Joseph Hansen's classic mystery series starring Dave Brandstetter, a gay private eye in 70s and 80s California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Brandstetter books are classics of the private eye genre...it's great to see them available again -- Peter Robinson\u003cbr\u003eIncredible books, much overlooked -- Jeff Abbott, author of PANIC\u003cbr\u003eThe most exciting and effective writer of the classic private-eye novel working today * LA Times *\u003cbr\u003eHansen, one of the best practitioners of the California private-eye school...writes crisply with a lean, spare prose that echoes Hammett, Chandler and Macdonald * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003eIn Brandstetter, Hansen has developed a sympathetic character of depth and integrity * Chicago Sun-Times *\u003cbr\u003eNo mystery writer is better at evoking the landscape, the light, the architecture and the ethnic diversity of Los Angeles * Time *\u003cbr\u003eHansen is a strong unflinching writer and everything in his taut prose is real * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003eAn exceptionally urbane literary style * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eHansen writes about Southern California with the descriptive love once given it by Raymond Chandler * Herald Examiner *\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent craftsman, a compelling writer, he has a real gift for storytelling - for character, for scene, for pace independent of violence * New Yorker *","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739252437335,"sku":"9781444784473","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444784473.jpg?v=1720051647","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fadeout-9781444784473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}