The Holland Suggestions [Hardcover]

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Bobbs-Merrill (1977)
• ASIN: B000TZJZSO
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Although I have been writing fiction since childhood (and publishing novels since 1975), it was BOOKED TO DIE (1992) that gave me the freedom to write full time. I have always written out of my own life. My Bookman novels came from my ongoing experience in the used and rare book trade, coupled with my life as a Denver Post police reporter in the 1970s. I have written five novels about my book detective, Cliff Janeway, including THE BOOKWOMAN'S LAST FLING, to be published by Scribner in May 2006.

We have lived in Denver, it seems, forever, though I am a refugee from Charleston, SC. I have also been a glass cutter, a groom at Santa Anita and other racetracks, a publicist for political candidates (which is the same general thing)and did a radio show for more than 20 years.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Good First Effort, July 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Holland Suggestions: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

This is Dunnings first effort in the mystery/thriller genre. While interesting at times, it is ultimately just O.K. The ending is a bit weak, and the beginning drags. But, once the hero arrives at the old mining town, it does become fun. If you need a quick read on a long flight or train ride, this is for you. Just don't expect much and you will not be dissapointed.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Even lesser Dunning is not bad, December 4, 2000

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Michael Schau (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Holland Suggestions: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

My fellow reviewers on this page are obviously Dunning fans who are feeling disappointed. It's true that this is not up to the other two -- and later -- Dunning mysteries, but even early Dunning has qualities to recommend it. The author admits the "rawness" of his work in the highly informative forward. But he has nothing for which to apologize. He has delivered a well-plotted thriller that could use a little more in the way of detailed characterization; everything else is a quibble.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth it for the forward alone, March 1, 1999

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Stephen Harrod Buhner at [e-mail] (Tum Tum, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Holland Suggestions: A Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

Though this is the author's first book it is still a good read however the best part of the book is the forward, written by the author for this new edition. In it he gives some of the most succinct advice for young writers that appears in print. For deep insight into the writing life, the stages of development, and the obstacles to success there is nothing more moving or better written on the market than this. (And after you have read this you still get to read a competent first book that will hold your attention - a first book by the emerging master of the genre who brought the magnificent Booked to Die and Bookman's Wake to us all.)