EDDY DECO'S LAST CAPER: AN ILLUSTRATED MYSTERY

DROP WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING AND READ THIS ONE!

Gahan Wilson wrote and illustrated this marvel of PISCATORIAL LOVE and published it in 1987 through Random House. It's worth owning in hardcover.

The story is a Forties noir mystery with a hard-boiled private eye, Eddy Deco, being drawn DEEPER AND DEEPER into a WEB OF INTRIGUE that involves...People with tentacles? YES, it's true, and the best part is, NO SECRET OF THE REAL CONSPIRACY WE'RE RUNNING IS REVEALED AT ANY POINT. You have to like that.

There are a lot of other things to like:

>> The illustrations don't just show you what the characters and rooms look like; they often replace dialogue and exposition.

>> The story is full of sly little references to Piscatorial Love, like the name of the flophouse Deco visits in the course of solving his case -- the Hotel Gilman.

>> The story makes clear that ALL HUMAN ACTIVITIES ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE BY OUR OPERATIVES. On page 37, Mr. Gross says to Deco, "We've been amused, highly amused, by watching you at it through the years." Heh.

>> The Forties-style dialogue is a scream.

>> Eddy has all the information he needs RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM at all times, but he never puts it together until ALL FISHY HELL IS BREAKING LOOSE.

>> The climax of the story is SO VERY WORTH THE WAIT.

This is an ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC BOOK. JUST READ IT, WILL YOU?