Two AMERICAN Writers JAMES CRUMLEY & JOHN D. VOELKER Published in FRANCE

USPA NEWS - James Arthur Crumley (1939 ““ 2008) was the Author of Violent Hardboiled Crime Novels and Several Volumes of Short Stories and Essays, as well as Published and Unpublished Screenplays. He has been described as "One of Modern Crime Writing's Best Practitioners", who was "a Patron Saint of the Post-Vietnam Private Eye Novel" and a Cross between Raymond Chandler and Hunter S. Thompson. His Book "The Last Good Kiss" has been described as "The Most Influential Crime Novel of the last 50 Years.

James Arthur Crumley (1939 ““ 2008) was the Author of Violent Hardboiled Crime Novels and Several Volumes of Short Stories and Essays, as well as Published and Unpublished Screenplays. He has been described as "One of Modern Crime Writing's Best Practitioners", who was "a Patron Saint of the Post-Vietnam Private Eye Novel" and a Cross between Raymond Chandler and Hunter S. Thompson. His Book "The Last Good Kiss" has been described as "The Most Influential Crime Novel of the last 50 Years.

- "FAUSSE PISTE" (The Wrong Case) Published in France by Gallmeister Editions. The Wrong Case by James Crumley is the First in Crumley's Milo Milogovitch Detective Series. This Novel finds Milo desperate for Cases in his Private Detective Firm after the Change in State Divorce Laws. As Milo tries to decide how he might pay his Bills that Month, a Woman walks into his Office and asks Milo to find her Brother. Milo sees the Case as a Dead End, but takes it because he needs the Money and he is drawn to the Woman. However, the Case turns out to be much more complicated than even Milo could have imagined...

- "LA DANSE DE L'OURS" (Dancing Bear) Published in France by Gallmeister Editions. Detective Milo Dragovitch spends Lots of Time boozing. 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 Practice and took a Job Marking Time on the Night Shift for Haliburton Security. The Case seems almost too easy, hardly worth the Large Fee, just to satisfy this Old Woman's Curiosity. But Things are soon exploding all over the Place and Milo is turning up Grenades, Machine Guns, a Kilo of Marijuana and a Bag of Coke . . . To end up on the run..

John D. Voelker (1903 ““ 1991), also known by his Pen Name Robert Traver, was a Noted Lawyer, Author and Fly Fisherman. His early Professional Career was as an Attorney and County Prosecutor in Marquette County. John D.Voelker was also appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court 1957. He is Best Known as the Author of the Novel, "Anatomy of a Murder", published in 1958. The Best-Selling Novel was turned into an Academy Award-Nominated Film of the same name“”directed by Otto Preminger and starring James Stewart“”that was released July 1, 1959. Duke Ellington wrote the Music for the Movie. It is critically acclaimed as one of the Best Trial Movies of all time....

- "ITINERAIRE D'UN PECHEUR A LA MOUCHE" (Trout Madness - First Published in USA in 1960) Published in France by Gallmeister Editons. "Trout Madness" was John D. Voelker's (aka, Robert Traver) Fifth Book (to be followed by his equally popular, "Trout Magic" in 1974). Here are Twenty-One Stories gleaned from the Lifetime of Glorious Fishing. They cover the Whole Range of the Trout Fishing Season, from The First Day to The Last Day. There are Hilarious Stories that make one laugh out loud and Stories that have an Undercurrent of Deep Emotion. And though this is no "How To" Book, the Author cannot help divulge in his Stories some of the Tricks of a Lifetime of Wily Fishing. Here are a few of the Stories: "The First Day," "Fish Car," "The Haunted Pond," "Trout Heaven," "The Old and the Proud," "The Old Fox," "Spots Before the Eyes," and "The Last Day."...

- "TESTAMENT D'UN PECHEUR A LA MOUCHE" (Trout Magic, first published in USA in 1974) Published in France by Gallmeister Editions. The Author recounts the Story of a Mysterious "Dancing Fly," speaks pointedly about "Kiss-And-Tell" Fishermen, debunks Fly Fishermen as the "World's Greatest Snobs," lets us in on the Fishing Story Life missed, and takes us along on his Strangest Fishing Trip. We meet the Unforgettable Danny McGinnis, Guide, and other Choice Characters and Events from his Anything-But-Ordinary Fishing Trips...

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