Eye of the Cricket: A Lew Griffin Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0602733138
- ISBN-13
- 9780602733131
- Series
- Eye of the Cricket
- Category
- African American police
- Pages
- 190
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Author
- James Sallis
Description
As he searches for missing children and battles muggers who are terrorizing a district of New Orleans, the African-American private eye, Lew Griffin, reflects on life and the art of fiction. A former detective who became a novelist, Griffin teaches writing.
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