The first paragraph:
From the back seat of the
Olds I could see the kid’s cotton gloves flash white on the steering wheel as
he swung off Van Buren onto Central Avenue. On the right up ahead the strong
late September Phoenix sunshine blazed off the bank’s white stone front till it
hurt his eyes. The damn building looked as big as the purple buttes on the rim
of the desert.
The Name of the Game is Death is the first appearance of Earl Drake; a middle-lass mand who turned violent crime as an escape of the “hopelessness of middle-class life.” The follow-up novel, One Endless Night, is the second part of a single seamless story. Drake was revived for Marlowe’s ten “Operation” novels.
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Browsing second hand books often feels like time travel, especially when unusual covers catch your eye. Some titles feel dramatic, almost theatrical, even if the content inside is far more subtle. I remember finding a book whose cover promised intensity, yet the real value was the atmosphere it created while reading. Halfway through reflecting on such discoveries, I thought of cricket betting parimatch as a modern parallel where presentation attracts attention but substance keeps interest. Whether books or entertainment, the experience matters more than shock value.
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