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Bindlestiff: Nameless Detective by Bill Pronzini

liberrydude's review against another edition

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4.0

What the hell is a bindlestiff? A weird title but an action packed story. Nameless heads out to Oroville looking for a woman's father who has become a hobo. He gets more than he bargained for on this missing person case-not once but twice. I couldn't connect the dots as fast as Nameless on this one.

sadiecharlie's review against another edition

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1.0

this is the third book in a row where the main character is constantly feeling sorry for himself and wallowing in self pity.
Not a fun read at all.

psalmcat's review against another edition

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3.0

One of the reasons I love these books is that I can get through one of them in about 6 hours' reading time. At most. They're also usually fun and interesting. Who the heck knows what a bindlestiff is? I do, now.

This one is about hobos and trains and sisterly love. Very quaint, the portrayal of hoboing. Could have lived without the 'quaint' portrayal of librarians, however. grr
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