false 4598897 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg 4598897 1 6434115 27 2 2009 The Dead Man's Brother (Hard Case Crime #52) total:47|5:5|4:15|3:21|2:6|1:0| 47 160 82 17 3619 3.94 24882 1358 46230358 695116 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 4 2 false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 08:07:24 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 08:08:23 -0800 2009
As his son, ...more...]]> 63941853 957848 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 4 1 false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 21:02:32 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 21:32:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 49545166 1890647 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 0 0 false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 07:13:01 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 07:19:00 -0700 2009 amazon.com thought I might want to buy this along with the two volumes of Zelazny's short fiction I recently purchased, so I did. Zelazny wrote this short pulpish, noirish mystery-thriller around 1970; it was not published until after his death.

I'm reading it for two reasons. First, I'm cu...more...]]> 47700116 1531518 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 4 1 false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 11:08:44 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 21:28:36 -0700 2009 smart it was. Starting with the protagonist named after Ovid the poet, to the references to the art...more...]]> 46286771 1888911 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 3 0 false Sun Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 19:33:47 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 19 20:45:16 -0800 2009 I've been a Zelazny fan since I started to buy my own books. I don't think he is as famous as Tolkien but he has had a similar number of books published after his death.

I think Dead Man's Brother was written early in Zelazny's career -I've just starte...more...]]> 70741019 250814 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 5 1 false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 12:26:42 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 12:30:41 -0700 2009 Roger Zelazny. OK, maybe not a regular guy, as I can't see most art thieves having the savvy to murder a Brazilian mercenary in the pitch-black Amazon jungle after two days of no sleep. Still, an enjoyable story. more...]]> 52999705 870755 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 3 2 false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 04:46:04 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 04:16:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 68978351 57965 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 3 0 false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 11:59:10 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 07:47:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 68531108 955641 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 4 0 false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 01:44:14 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 01:49:09 -0700 2009 51939232 565673 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 0 0 false Wed Apr 08 09:15:10 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 09:15:10 -0700 2009 http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1199052.html[return][return]It is a more or less non-sfnal thriller (I say 'more or less' because it is hinted that the narrator, being of course a Zelazny hero, has special abilities) set in contemporary (ie early 70s) Rome and Brazil. The Zelazny hard-bitten writing s...more...]]> 46233638 563402 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 5 0 false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 08:35:24 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 08:36:46 -0800 2009 ]]> 68377437 1077703 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 3 0 false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 14:46:40 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 16:06:21 -0700 2009 46233390 766872 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 4 0 false Fri Feb 13 08:33:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 08:34:29 -0800 2009 http://greenmanreview.com/book/book_zela...]]> 46999499 739853 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 3 0 false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 17:22:44 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 17:23:25 -0800 2009 56978772 1939564 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 2 0 false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 12:05:27 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 14:04:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 76290834 2845998 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 3 0 false Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 31 07:42:40 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 06 12:36:03 -0800 2009 60243026 2433782 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 4 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 19:06:12 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 07:26:28 -0700 2009

How many HCC books are there involving a love interest called Maria?]]> 82050345 3074406 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 0 0 false Fri Dec 25 21:18:21 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 21:18:23 -0800 2009 81360084 2983030 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 3 0 false Thu Dec 17 20:51:12 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 20:51:12 -0800 2009 80890015 2867198 4598897 0843961155 9780843961157 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971m/4598897.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236108971s/4598897.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4598897.The_Dead_Man_s_Brother 3.40 47 2009 0 0 false Sun Dec 13 15:54:45 -0800 2009 Sun Dec 13 15:54:45 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4598897