Fiction of Gay Interest

Death Claims
Joseph Hansen
Publisher: Harrap
London, UK

Year


1973 1st edition       
unclear if 1st worldwide or 1st UK
Cover / size: hardback, h 20.5 cm * w 13.3 cm / 187 pp

Dustjacket?   yes

ISBN: 0245518754

Arbery Ref:   001295

Condition Very Good

Jacket: unclipped; very slight wear to edges; very slight stain to foot of spine; slight fading / discolouring. Boards (maroon with silver lettering and decoration): small dents on top edge; leans forward very slightly. Top page edges darkening and spotted. Front endpapers: erased pencil notes. Back endpapers: small stain. Pages otherwise clean.

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Plot / Content:                              Rating: G

A Dave Brandstetter novel

"John Oats and his embryonic-actor son Peter; April Stannard who lives with them; Wade Cochran, movie star famous for his impeccable morals; his religious mother; Charles Norwood, bookseller and devoted family friend; and a cop called Jesus-Maria Campos.

"Oats Senior's scarred and drugged body is found washed up on the beach after a night of storm - a happening worth $20,000 to his son, who should benefit from the insurance money. But Peter Oats is missing . . . "

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Background / Biography:

Joseph Hansen (19 July 1923 - 24 November 2004) was a prolific writer best known for a series of novels starring his most iconic creation, gay insurance investigator Dave Brandstetter.

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