Walking Bones

Proof copy. 8vo. Pp. [iv], 184, [3 (publisher's ads)]. Orange printed wraps.

Hint of fading to spine, blacked out cover price corrected in ink by publisher, else Fine.

An "erotic exploration of sexual obsession," sparked by a violent bar incident, and fuelled by interracial dynamics. Fourth novel by Carter, whose up 'til now oeuvre of jazz mystery novels, featured the saxophone playing Nanette Hayes. An important addition to the canon of noir writing of Jim Thompson, David Goodis and Horace McCoy. "[E]vocative, syntactically inventive urban noir." –Publishers Weekly