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Stakeout on Page Street: And Other Dka Files (Hardcover)

de Joe Gores (Author)
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Penzler Pick, March 2001: Joe Gores is a mystery writer's mystery writer. For more than 30 years he's been writing novels and short stories, many of them DKA files. DKA stands for Daniel Kearny Associates, a fictitious agency specializing in repo work, which is very closely based on the agency Gores worked for while honing his craft as a writer. In a fascinating introduction to the 12 DKA files in Stakeout on Page Street, Gores describes his life as a repo man, his relationship with the real and fictitious characters at DKA, and the encouragement he received from Anthony Boucher, who suggested he make contact with Fred Dannay, who eventually published all of these stories in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.

Although Gores has written other short stories and full length novels, it is those about the men and women at DKA that most capture the imagination. These stories are procedural, telling of the day-to-day grunt work of the repo man. There are no guns, no flashy showdowns, no huge body counts, because, as Gores explains, nobody wants to kill or get killed over the repossession of a car for the bank. But the stories are gripping nonetheless. How can a simple repossession drive a woman to suicide? In File #1 the answer is: all too easily when you're young and you've picked the wrong man to love.

Gores's sixth full-length DKA novel will be published in 2001, and we owe a lot to the small publishing company of Crippen & Landru for reintroducing us, after a hiatus of several years, to Larry Ballard, Kathy Onoda, Dan Kearny, and all the hard-working folks at DKA. If you haven't met them before, this is the perfect introduction. --Otto Penzler --Ce texte provient de la Paperback édition.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 A Wonderful Addition For DKA Fans, Nov. 29 2003
Par Untouchable (Sydney, NSW Australia) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Stakeout on Page Street: And Other Dka Files (Paperback)
Fans of Joe Gores' DKA Files novels will be thrilled with the discovery of this book containing the 12 DKA case files written for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. They are a wonderful addition to the Daniel Kearny Associates series if you've read the novels or, if you haven't, are the perfect introduction to the detectives who make up the company.

I think the real bonus to this book comes in two standout features. The first is the introduction by Joe Gores. In it he explains how the fiction Daniel Kearny Associates mirrors the real-life Dave Kikkert and Associates repo/P.I firm that Gores used to work for. He also reveals who his characters are modelled after including which character is based on him. The second feature is the preface to every story explaining how he came to write it, the events from which it was based and some interesting facts surrounding it. These prefaces certainly add another dimension to the stories.

As for the stories, each of them is more or less an account of a file involving a repo, a skip trace or a delinquent debtor. They are all somewhat out of the norm which is what makes them interesting reading. Take for example having to repossess a fire engine or a hearse, cases that spice up the life of a repo man and make for some very entertaining moments.

I've read all the DKA Files novels and this book of short stories was the perfect way to recap. There is the odd reference to events from the books thrown in which reminded me how much I enjoyed reading them. Crippen and Landru Publishers have done a superb job in putting the book together and have even included a checklist at the end of the book listing not only all of Gores' other books, but all of his short stories and when and where they appeared, his screenplays and television scripts too.

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