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WINNER OF THE EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. --- Retired private eye Jake Spanner may have gotten old, but he hasn’t gone soft. When an old gangster Jake put away some forty years ago shows up at his door, it’s time for Jake to grab his hat and Browning automatic and get back to work. Old? Sure. Slower to catch his breath? Maybe. But, sharp as a tack and w
WINNER OF THE EDGAR ALLAN POE AWARD FOR BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. --- Retired private eye Jake Spanner may have gotten old, but he hasn’t gone soft. When an old gangster Jake put away some forty years ago shows up at his door, it’s time for Jake to grab his hat and Browning automatic and get back to work. Old? Sure. Slower to catch his breath? Maybe. But, sharp as a tack and with a lifetime of investigating know-how, Jake Spanner has nothing to lose and everything to prove. Sniffing out leads between Sunset Boulevard and the Hollywood Hills, Jake pulls in old friends to help. The work is hard; it’s gritty. So is Jake. And, with a three quarters of a million dollars ransom at stake, the bad guys don’t stand a chance. With THE OLD DICK, author L.A. Morse creates a new kind of hero, one that laughs at death not because he’s too young to understand it, but because it’s right around the corner. It’s time to face it head on and maybe go out swinging.
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Published
August 1st 1981
by Avon Books
(first published January 1st 1981)
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Goodreads identifies this particular book as (Unknown Binding), however this Avon edition is a paperback first printed August 1981 as an original publication by Avon. There is no credit given to the cover artist, though it appears that he / she may be a comic book artist.
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Does the world need yet another novel about a lone cynical private eye trying to make it in a corrupt and unforgiving world. The answer is an unqualified yes when the detective is Sam Hunter, who is part Mike Shayne and part Hunter S. Thompson. While the story has the usual hardboiled private eye motifs such as the corrupt vice cop, the sex-starved secretary, the rundown private eye office, dirty pictures, and jealous wives, what sets this book apart is that Hunter has no filter. He says what's o
Does the world need yet another novel about a lone cynical private eye trying to make it in a corrupt and unforgiving world. The answer is an unqualified yes when the detective is Sam Hunter, who is part Mike Shayne and part Hunter S. Thompson. While the story has the usual hardboiled private eye motifs such as the corrupt vice cop, the sex-starved secretary, the rundown private eye office, dirty pictures, and jealous wives, what sets this book apart is that Hunter has no filter. He says what's on his mind and never seems to turn down a willing dame and there are so many willing that he practically needs a stick to fight them off. When a loud radio in another car in a traffic jam bothers him, Hunter points his gun at the offender. When an uppity receptionist looks down her nose at him, Hunter is as crude as can be. Hunter strikes first in almost every fight and is fond of breaking bones. This book nails it. It's an early eighties hardboiled story that is so vivid you can feel plastic melting in the Los Angeles heat. Hunter is cynical, crass, overbearing, but knows right from wrong. Overall, it's a great read. Easy to get into and easy to stay interested in. It's a little bit longer than a classic hardboiled novel would be, but it's from a slightly different mold. In some ways, it is tongue-in-cheek, but in others, it's just over the top excess.
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I want to re-read this novel in a fierce way. It's been 30 years since I discovered it. A couple of years after I read it it was adapted for television by Andrew J. Fenady (screenwriter and author of numerous books, most famously The Man With Bogart's Face ) and turned into a very nice made-for-tv-movie starring Robert Mitchum as "Jake Spanner", The Old Dick as "Jake Spanner, Private Eye" ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097611/?... ) Imagine Philip Marlowe at 78 waiting for his personal long goodbye
I want to re-read this novel in a fierce way. It's been 30 years since I discovered it. A couple of years after I read it it was adapted for television by Andrew J. Fenady (screenwriter and author of numerous books, most famously The Man With Bogart's Face ) and turned into a very nice made-for-tv-movie starring Robert Mitchum as "Jake Spanner", The Old Dick as "Jake Spanner, Private Eye" ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097611/?... ) Imagine Philip Marlowe at 78 waiting for his personal long goodbye. Then a shadowy figure from his past shows up begging Jake to come out of retirement one last time to help him rescue his granddaughter from the chains of drug addiction and a particularly nasty drug lord and his vicious henchmen. Every time I pass by this paperback while filing away some new book I've just read I have an uncontrollable urge to pull it off the shelf and read it again. Soon -very soon- I will.
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THE BIG ENCHILADA is the second novel I've read by author L.A. Morse, the first being The Old Dick . Sam Hunter is a no-holds barred/love 'em & leave 'em private detective that seems like a cross between Dirty Harry and Johnny Wadd. Standard disclaimer for this one should be "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" as it is a good action mystery-crime/hard-boiled novel with a healthy dose of porn thrown in. I'm personally more comfortable with the less explicit novels of the genre, but can say that the sexual conten
THE BIG ENCHILADA is the second novel I've read by author L.A. Morse, the first being The Old Dick . Sam Hunter is a no-holds barred/love 'em & leave 'em private detective that seems like a cross between Dirty Harry and Johnny Wadd. Standard disclaimer for this one should be "Bow Chicka Wow Wow" as it is a good action mystery-crime/hard-boiled novel with a healthy dose of porn thrown in. I'm personally more comfortable with the less explicit novels of the genre, but can say that the sexual content doesn't take away from what is a well written book. Recommended for MA only, 4 stars.
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Jake Spanner is 78 and hasn't had an erection for five years. I bought this for a cheap laugh, obviously, but it was surprisingly fun. Sometimes a little heavy-handed, and in danger of becoming too like the pulp novels it sends up, it answers the question of what the surviving 1940s tough guys do in 1980s California. Hard not to enjoy Jake's adventures with his superannuated friends as they sock it to the younger generation of hoodlums.
Jake Spanner is 78 and hasn't had an erection for five years. I bought this for a cheap laugh, obviously, but it was surprisingly fun. Sometimes a little heavy-handed, and in danger of becoming too like the pulp novels it sends up, it answers the question of what the surviving 1940s tough guys do in 1980s California. Hard not to enjoy Jake's adventures with his superannuated friends as they sock it to the younger generation of hoodlums.
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I can't believe I never read anything except "Videotrash & Treasures: A Field Guide to the Video Unknown" by L.A. Morse before. That video guide was very useful before the internet by the way. I guess I have a few more books to look forward to though. The man only wrote a handful. What a shame. The Big Enchilada is about a private eye in 1982. Yeah, I know by the time 1982 came around the P.I. stories had worn themselves out. Tired and predictable. But not with this one. There is enough sex and v
I can't believe I never read anything except "Videotrash & Treasures: A Field Guide to the Video Unknown" by L.A. Morse before. That video guide was very useful before the internet by the way. I guess I have a few more books to look forward to though. The man only wrote a handful. What a shame. The Big Enchilada is about a private eye in 1982. Yeah, I know by the time 1982 came around the P.I. stories had worn themselves out. Tired and predictable. But not with this one. There is enough sex and violence to keep any hard-boiled, noir lover turning the page. The action hardly ever lets up. Neither does our P.I. Within the first few chapters he has the sheets flying. The story is told by Sam Hunter, the P.I. He's about to go on vacation to Mexico when a giant of a man busts in to his office to give him a warning. "Stay away from Domingo." With that the big ape tears the office and Hunter up. Well no decent dick can let that happen. He cancels his trip and sets of to find out who Domingo is. As stated above, Hunter comes across an array of crazy thugs. Porno producers with overbearing mothers. Sex starved mother and daughter neighbors. An exclusive kinky club for the rich and famous. All the while he throws down all sorts of food that would melt you stomach walls to bits. Put all these together and you got one hell of a book.
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Jake Spanner is an aging former private detective who is reluctantly called out of retirement by an unlikely client; a criminal he had helped to put behind bars years ago named Sal Piccolo. Jake at almost 80 years of age battles physical limitations along with the fact that the majority of his contacts and resources are no longer available after so many years having past since he was an active detective. Sal pleads with Jake to take the case of locating his missing grandson, and Jake takes the c
Jake Spanner is an aging former private detective who is reluctantly called out of retirement by an unlikely client; a criminal he had helped to put behind bars years ago named Sal Piccolo. Jake at almost 80 years of age battles physical limitations along with the fact that the majority of his contacts and resources are no longer available after so many years having past since he was an active detective. Sal pleads with Jake to take the case of locating his missing grandson, and Jake takes the case with serious reservations. Humorous situations evolve relating to Jake's age combined with his old school tactics that he employs to overcome the disadvantages in locating the grandson. Jake finds out early on that things are much different and less simple than what he's been led to believe by Sal, and interesting twists keep this book rollicking along to the conclusion. THE OLD DICK is an excellent book that really used the concept of an aging detective to full advantage, and is deserving of a 5-star rating with a high recommendation. Next up by L.A. Morse is The Big Enchilada .
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Wouldn't you know it? The Old Dick chronicles the legendary adventures of Retired PI Jake Spanner. It is a tongue-planted-firmly- in-cheek hilarious escapade featuring the king of the geriatric private eyes and his stumbling around town as kidnapping, gunfire, arson, and narcotics rear their ugly heads. This book isn't to be taken entirely seriously. There are parts of it that are so funny you'll be rolling in the aisles. Just picture a cantankerous, lecherous, sometimes stoned retiree taking on
Wouldn't you know it? The Old Dick chronicles the legendary adventures of Retired PI Jake Spanner. It is a tongue-planted-firmly- in-cheek hilarious escapade featuring the king of the geriatric private eyes and his stumbling around town as kidnapping, gunfire, arson, and narcotics rear their ugly heads. This book isn't to be taken entirely seriously. There are parts of it that are so funny you'll be rolling in the aisles. Just picture a cantankerous, lecherous, sometimes stoned retiree taking on hoods and kidnappers and other tough guys.
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I am sure I've read Morse's The Big Enchilada eons ago, but I have no record of it. This was the slowest, most boring book I've read in years. I came close to expunging all traces of this effort of Mr. Morse's as well. It finally picked up in the last quarter. I do not recommend this book to any adverse to pain.
I am sure I've read Morse's The Big Enchilada eons ago, but I have no record of it. This was the slowest, most boring book I've read in years. I came close to expunging all traces of this effort of Mr. Morse's as well. It finally picked up in the last quarter. I do not recommend this book to any adverse to pain.
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L.A. Morse does it again! Every time I pick up a book by this man, granted, there's not that many, I ask my self, why I never got to these sooner? Even the man's video guides were genius. This is an author who knows how to write. To bad he did it so seldom. Seeing how the title is a play on words, I would of thought that this would be filled with that kind of humor. In some ways it is. The old jokes start to steam roll at you a mile a minute. They never grow dull though. Like the "moves like mola
L.A. Morse does it again! Every time I pick up a book by this man, granted, there's not that many, I ask my self, why I never got to these sooner? Even the man's video guides were genius. This is an author who knows how to write. To bad he did it so seldom. Seeing how the title is a play on words, I would of thought that this would be filled with that kind of humor. In some ways it is. The old jokes start to steam roll at you a mile a minute. They never grow dull though. Like the "moves like molasses in January." I also thought since the main character was well in to his seventies, that this just wouldn't click for me. I can tell you that I was dead wrong. The story, obviously, is about a retired detective that is conned into coming back for one more case. The man who brings him back is an old enemy that The Old Dick had put away in jail for years. Why does he want to hire him and not kill him? His grandson has been kidnapped, and he wants to pay the ransom. What follows next is a slippery slope of why's and who's and of course what's. It keeps you guessing till the end. Five solid stars!!!
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I enjoyed this. It was fun having the story told from the perspective of an old man (As I am one too). Good plot with plenty of twists to keep you going.
Private Eye Sam Hunter's office is broken into by a hulking monstrosity name Mountain, Sam Hunter decides to investigate and find out the truth behind the man who sent Mountain, a mysterious criminal figure named Domingo... I love this book, I love it enough to take it on a trip and read it for a second time while I have 300 other books that I haven't even touched. I mainly love it because of the general pace of the book. Sam Hunter is an ever-present fountain of wisdom when it comes to what a du
Private Eye Sam Hunter's office is broken into by a hulking monstrosity name Mountain, Sam Hunter decides to investigate and find out the truth behind the man who sent Mountain, a mysterious criminal figure named Domingo... I love this book, I love it enough to take it on a trip and read it for a second time while I have 300 other books that I haven't even touched. I mainly love it because of the general pace of the book. Sam Hunter is an ever-present fountain of wisdom when it comes to what a dump Los Angeles is, and will go on nearly page long soliloquies about the nature of the city. Hunter's "investigations" are also very entertaining, as in all he does throughout most of the book is really just beat people up and yell at them. The author takes things to a very interesting place near the end when Sam Hunter almost plays Elliot Ness, and orchestrates the building of an elite squad of cops and has them raid all sorts of criminal enterprises. Another thing I love is how incredibly sleazy this book is. Not only does it take great pains to bringing to light the seedy side of L.A., with a razor sharp focus on the porn industry, but the book itself. Sam Hunter, like many a Private Eye before him, has women throwing themselves at him almost constantly. The difference is, Morse isn't going to fade to black or imply like Spillane would. We get a lot of these sex scenes detailed throughout the book, and they are all VERY detailed. The writing is, as well, very well done. I often found myself completely absorbed in Hunter's antics, as well as finding quite a few funny moments throughout the novel. Strongly recommended.
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Synopsis: retired PI, Jake Spanner has still got it. A gangster he put away years ago shows up, so he grabs his hat and automatic.
Dec 03, 2015
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Edgar Mystery. Award winner in 1983, reminds me of an old Sam Spade! This is my second reading of the book. Hero is Jake Spanner, 78. year old retired PI, sucked (or suckered) into trying to solve one last case, involving an old enemy, supposedly dead for two years! 73 myself, I identify with Jake's physical problems and like that he has the guts to accomplish daunting tasks. I LOVE. this book, especially the ending, which I did NOT see coming!
Edgar Mystery. Award winner in 1983, reminds me of an old Sam Spade! This is my second reading of the book. Hero is Jake Spanner, 78. year old retired PI, sucked (or suckered) into trying to solve one last case, involving an old enemy, supposedly dead for two years! 73 myself, I identify with Jake's physical problems and like that he has the guts to accomplish daunting tasks. I LOVE. this book, especially the ending, which I did NOT see coming!
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Old dicks are the best dicks, it seems. Jake Spanner is 78, broke and impotent, but it doesn't stop him from investigating a kidnapping, beating up drug lords and generally making a nuisance of himself. Beautiful young women love old dicks, and beg to make sweet love to them within hours of meeting for the first time. Never again will I pity a lonely old man sitting on a park bench. He probably has a more action-packed life than I do.
Old dicks are the best dicks, it seems. Jake Spanner is 78, broke and impotent, but it doesn't stop him from investigating a kidnapping, beating up drug lords and generally making a nuisance of himself. Beautiful young women love old dicks, and beg to make sweet love to them within hours of meeting for the first time. Never again will I pity a lonely old man sitting on a park bench. He probably has a more action-packed life than I do.
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I love this novel about a retired private detective. Lots of humor, but deals with age without adding slapstick humor. The older I get, the more I can identify with this guy. The ending is wonderful.
This is hard boiled hard boiled. Sam Hunter is a LA private eye. This is his story
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aka Runa Fairleigh . Larry Alan Morse grew up in Los Angeles. He attended the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco State College, and somehow managed to get two degrees in English Lit. He moved to Toronto in the late ‘60s, and has had the usual variety of jobs, including a brief stint in educational television and five years as an administrator at the University of Toronto. Upon re
aka Runa Fairleigh . Larry Alan Morse grew up in Los Angeles. He attended the University of California at Berkeley and San Francisco State College, and somehow managed to get two degrees in English Lit. He moved to Toronto in the late ‘60s, and has had the usual variety of jobs, including a brief stint in educational television and five years as an administrator at the University of Toronto. Upon returning from extended travels through Southeast Asia, he decided to try and write a novel – something delicate and sensitive and artistic. He discovered just what he was looking for in the true story of Sawney Beane and his family, The Flesh Eaters, the 15th century cannibal clan who ate their way through a good part of Scotland. L. A. Morse has written four other crime novels. The Old Dick won an Edgar from the Mystery Writers of America; The Big Enchilada and Sleaze, featuring Sam Hunter, the L. A. private eye who, according to one reviewer, “makes Dirty Harry look like Mother Teresa”; and he was instrumental in arranging the publication of An Old-Fashioned Mystery, the lost masterpiece by the enigmatic and reclusive author, Runa Fairleigh. He shifted to another medium with the publication of Video Trash and Treasures, a two-volume guide to the obscure and bizarre movies of the 1980s. For the last 15 years, L. A. Morse has worked as a visual artist, primarily sculpture. He is an avid birder with over 1,500 species on his world list. When not off looking for birds in the tropics, he currently divides his time between stone carving and making a living in the stock market.
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