The Straight Man

by Roger L. Simon

Book Overview

A MOSES WINE MYSTERY It's not a good time to be Moses Wine. After the events of California Roll, his life seems to have taken a turn for the worse-he's lost his high-paying security job at the Tulip Computer Corporation, his kids don't pay any attention to him, his love life's a mess, and his career as a top gumshoe is on the downslide. He's bored and depressed. So what else would a neurotic private eye do but see a shrink? Unfortunately, his psychiatrist's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394558375
• ISBN13: 9780394558370
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Sexy and Smart

My ex gave me this book and it was one of the few things she was right about. Really funny and really clever. A brilliant mystery. Moses Wine rocks!

Moses Wine gets his case from his shrink

As far as I know, the only detective novel in which the [P.I.] gets his cae from his shrink. Highly amusing with a brilliant parody of Richard Pryor.Santa C