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Title: The Moon in the Gutter by David Goodis, Adrian Wootton ISBN: 1-85242-449-4 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: January, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: gritty story, but what about that ending?!?
Comment: David Goodis is the champion of the down-and-outs, druggies, boozers and misfits. In 'The Moon in the Gutter' we have an interesting story about a stevedore (dock worker) and his utterly miserable existence. He has difficulty in coming to grips with the grisly death of his sister, his home life is a disaster, and his future looks bleak. But then he meets a blonde from the other side of the tracks and ....
While I won't give any spoilers here let me just say I felt very let down by the ending of this novel. David Goodis brings the reader into the life of this poor soul and shows us his world without compassion. Towards the end the tension builds (..again no spoilers) but the author fails miserably in tying it all together at the end. Very disappointing.
Bottom line: a missed opportunity by Goodis. Intriguing, but best left to Goodis fans only.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hamsun Noir
Comment: This guy is the Knut Hamsun of Noir. Grit, realism served up filthy-delphia style. His characters speak in the harsh dialect of wasted lives, guts, soul and all other essentials of the True Predecessor of Bukow, Selby, Fante, and Leonard Gardner...the beauty of ugliness is the religion of Goodis and his brash honesty and no-holds barred grappling prose style make him one of the greats.
Rating: 2
Summary: One of Goodis's Lesser Efforts
Comment: Goodis's second-tier novels aren't really stories so much as they are examinations of his morbid psychology. Stay away from this one, Cassidy's Girl, and The Blonde on the Street Corner.
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Title: The Blonde on the Street Corner (Midnight Classics Series) by David Goodis ISBN: 1852424478 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: Shoot the Piano Player by David Goodis ISBN: 0679732543 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 October, 1990 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye by Horace McCoy ISBN: 1852424338 Publisher: Serpent's Tail Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: I Should Have Stayed at Home (Midnight Classics) by Horace McCoy ISBN: 1852424028 Publisher: Small Press Distribution Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: Savage Night by Jim Thompson ISBN: 0679733108 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 November, 1991 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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