Dancing Bear
by James Crumley
Recommended by Anthony Bourdain and Andy Greenwald
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.
Detective Milo Dragovitch spends too much time boozing until he gets caught up in a case involving twobit criminals and an old lady on the run.His friends call him Milo. No one has ever called him Bud except his father, long dead, and now Sarah Weddington, stirring painful memoires and offering him his first case since he abandoned his private pra...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.
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“?@AndClayResponds: The Friends of Eddie Coyle? (Novel). What?s another great crime novel @Bourdain? Dancing Bear : James crumley | Sometimes I start reading other books. But then I remember this is the only one I like. | “@AndClayResponds: The Friends of Eddie Coyle” (Novel). What’s another great crime novel @Bourdain” Dancing Bear : James crumley”
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