The Right Madness
Readers rate it 3.0 (2 on Hardcover)
305 pages · Released Aug 29, 2006 · Penguin
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This is a hardboiled crime noir novel by a celebrated post-Chandler practitioner, aimed squarely at adult readers. The story involves a jaded private investigator navigating a murky case involving psychiatric files, criminals, and moral ambiguity. While the prose is literary and the narrative engaging, the book contains frequent profanity, violence, substance use, and dark psychological themes typical of the genre—not suitable for young readers despite its literary merit.
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James Crumley is one of the most revered practitioners of post-Chandler crime fiction, praised by the likes of Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly as a major influence. C. W. Sughrue is Crumley's most indelible creation. Now Sughrue is back, in a searing thrill ride of a novel that has the seen-it-all Montana private ey... James Crumley is one of the most revered practitioners of post-Chandler crime fiction, praised by the likes of Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly as a major influence. C. W. Sughrue is Crumley's most indelible creation. Now Sughrue is back, in a searing thrill ride of a novel that has the seen-it-all Montana private eye trying to find out which of a small-town shrink's bizarre patients has made off with some highly confidential files. Fast-paced, brutal, melancholy, and ruefully funny, The Right Madness is Crumley at his uncompromising best.
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- Fiction
- Mystery
- New York Times reviewed
- Fiction, psychological
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- Montana, fiction
- Private investigators, fiction
- Sughrue, c. w. (fictitious character), fiction
- Psychotherapists, fiction
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ISBN 9780143037309 · Penguin