Dancing Bear

Categories: Literature & Fiction

In James Crumley's second novel featuring Milo Milodragovitch, the hard-drinking Montana private eye takes what seems like an easy job. A wealthy old woman hires Milo to follow a young couple, but the case quickly turns into a tangle of murder, toxic waste and corporate corruption. Waiting for his family inheritance and fond of drugs and alcohol, Milo stumbles through the case with dark humor. Published in 1983, the book is a cult classic of American crime fiction.

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