The Transfer

by Thomas Palmer

Michael Cruz, a small-time crook enlists the aid of his half brother, Ray Hula, the operator of a salvage business, in order to smuggle a ton of cocaine into the United States.

Genres: Crime

402 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

THOMAS PALMER is an amateur naturalist, photographer, conservation advocate, and the author of The Transfer (1983) and Dream Science (1990). He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and lives in Milton, Massachusetts.

Reviews

[K. Francis]

an extremely well-written, engaging, and taut narrative set in south florida of the early '80s. it would have made a terrific movie in its day.

oddly, the 1982 edition's protagonist is ray hula, but in 1983's editon, his name was changed to len ovas.

[Judy]

Based in Florida and with some quirky characters I expected something a little different, but this was your basic run-of-mill drug smuggling adventure tale. No real surprises, not particularly compelling.