David Bowman was born in Racine, Wisconsin, but now lives in New York City. This, his first novel, was written in Montauk. He is currently writing a biography of Paul Cain (1902-1966), an enigmatic contemporary Hammett who lived and died in Hollywood.

You'd think nothing would live up to this title, but the book, being more generous as well as witty, more than tops it...incandescent. (The New Yorker)

David Bowman was born in Racine, Wisconsin, but now lives in New York City. This, his first novel, was written in Montauk. He is currently writing a biography of Paul Cain (1902-1966), an enigmatic contemporary Hammett who lived and died in Hollywood.

You'd think nothing would live up to this title, but the book, being more generous as well as witty, more than tops it...incandescent. (The New Yorker)

David Bowman was born in Racine, Wisconsin, but now lives in New York City. This, his first novel, was written in Montauk. He is currently writing a biography of Paul Cain (1902-1966), an enigmatic contemporary Hammett who lived and died in Hollywood.

You'd think nothing would live up to this title, but the book, being more generous as well as witty, more than tops it...incandescent. (The New Yorker)