He has an eye for the exactly relevant detail.
Hansen's writing is sharp and economical. The TimesĪ masterly portrayal of loneliness and sexual obsession. Los Angeles TimesĪnother classic private-eye novel: detailedly vivid. The most exciting and effective writer of the classic private-eye novel working today.
Hansen is an excellent craftsman, a compelling writer. One is that the insurance investigator, though ruggedly masculine, is thoroughly and contentedly homosexual. For instance, what lies behind the seemingly innocent friendship between Fox's wife and his manager? And just why has an old boyhood friend of his suddenly shown up after twenty years? However, without the sign of a body, no-nonsense insurance investigator Dave Brandstetter believes otherwise, and soon finds evidence that indicates he is right. Synopsis īeloved pop star Fox Olson is assumed to have died when his car is found destroyed beneath a narrow wooden bridge. In 2018, screenwriting duo Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely optioned film and television rights to the entire Brandstetter series. In 2022, the book was again republished by Soho Syndicate, a division of Penguin Random House, with a new introduction by Michael Nava. Its a beautifully written novel introducing a compassionate PI who has experienced loss. The novel was first published by Harper & Row in 1970, and was reissued by University of Wisconsin Press in 2004 with an introduction from Hansen. Michael Nava says Fadeout is about loss and opportunities missed. Fadeout is a hardboiled mystery novel by American crime writer Joseph Hansen, and the first to feature his popular character Dave Brandstetter, an openly gay detective. Fadeout a book by Joseph Hansen and Michael Nava 25,318,004.70 raised for local bookstores Fadeout Joseph Hansen (Author) Michael Nava (Foreword by) FORMAT Paperback 15.00 13.95 Compact Disc 55.00 Compact Disc 29.
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