Dia de Los Muertos [Paperback]

Kent A. Harrington (Author), James Crumley (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Capra Press (February 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592660355
• ISBN-13: 978-1592660353
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,261,315 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kent Harrington is a 4th generation San Franciscan, born to an Irish-Jewish father and Guatemalan mother. Kent's early education was spent at the Palo Alto Military Academy, where he was sent at an early age. He attended San Francisco State University and received a degree in Spanish literature. After living both in Spain and Latin America he returned to the Bay Area and began his career as a novelist. His first published work was the well received noir thriller DARK RIDE. He is the author of 7 books, 5 of which will be released in e-book editions by Diversion Books in 2011. He lives in Northern California with his wife.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mysteries of the Border, February 25, 2004

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This review is from: Dia de Los Muertos (Paperback)

Set in Tijuana, Dia de los Muertos is all about borders, between life and death, love and hate, doom and redemption, joy and despair. It's one day in the life of Vincent Calhoun, a rogue DEA agent who's run out of last chances. His colleagues are onto him, he owes more money than he could possibly repay, and he's dying of dengue fever -- but it seems to him that he might just be able to pull things out, especially when the love of his life gets off a prison bus in the town square. Dia de los Muertos combines nerve-wracking suspense with bizarre humor (a 400-pound mobster who needs to be smuggled across the border) and, above all, a wild and unexpected sense of romance. The new introduction by James Crumley places DIA squarely in the classic noir tradition.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good idea but mediocre execution, December 15, 2011

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jtb1951 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dia de Los Muertos (Paperback)

This was a story which had its moments for me but overall the quality of the writing was just too uneven for my taste. The characters were adequately fleshed out, and the sense of place was nicely drawn but the dialogue was often stilted and the action ragged and even sometimes barely comprehensible. I gave it 3 stars for the idea and the promise but lack of fruitful execution.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best ever, April 21, 2000

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John Shannon "John Shannon" (Culver City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Día de los Muertos (Hardcover)

This is the best noir novel I have ever read, bar none, and that includes Cain and Goodis. It has been said that noir is "people you don't like doing things you don't care about," but not this one. You come to care intensely about Calhoun and his doomed one-day run against Bordertown Fate. But mainly, you find yourself very quickly in the hands of someone who can write, and nothing else really matters in the end. Cheers to Kent for writing it and Dennis McMillan for publishing it and shame on St. Martins for giving it a pass.