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According to the Official Gustav Hasford Website maintained by Hasford's cousin, ''[[The Short-Timers]]'', ''[[The Phantom Blooper]]'', and Hasford's third and last completed book, a [[Noir novel|noir]] detective novel titled ''[[A Gypsy Good Time]]'' (1992),<ref>{{cite web|work=Gustav Hasford's official website|title=Web page dedicated to ''A Gypsy Good Time''|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728185006/http://www.gustavhasford.com/gypsy.html}}</ref> are currently [[Out-of-print book|out of print]]. The texts of the two war novels and an excerpt of ''A Gypsy Good Time'' were publicly available at the website for at least a decade,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110131163348/http://www.gustavhasford.com/ |title=Original version |website= Gustav Hasford home page, with the full text of ''The Short-Timers'' and ''The Phantom Blooper'' novels included}}</ref> but the site has since been redesigned, and Hasford's cousin, who manages the site, has stated he "likely won't be reposting the novel" there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gustavhasford.blogspot.com/2013/01/about-this-site.html |title=About This Site |website=GustavHasford.com |author=Jason Aaron |date=January 2013 |accessdate=September 7, 2014}}</ref> |
According to the Official Gustav Hasford Website maintained by Hasford's cousin, ''[[The Short-Timers]]'',<ref>{{cite book|author=Hasford, Gustav|title=The Short-Timers| publisher=Harper & Rowe|edition= 1st (hard cover) |date=1979| language= English|isbn=978-0060117825|url=http://www.gustavhasford.com/short.htm}}</ref> ''[[The Phantom Blooper]]'',<ref>{{cite book|author=Hasford, Gustav|title=The Phantom Blooper|publisher=Bantam Books|edition= 1st (hard cover)|date=January 1, 1990|language= English|isbn=978-0553057188|url=http://www.gustavhasford.com/phantom.html}}</ref> and Hasford's third and last completed book, a [[Noir novel|noir]] detective novel titled ''[[A Gypsy Good Time]]'' (1992),<ref>{{cite book|author=Hasford, Gustav|title=A Gypsy Good Time|date=March 1992|publisher=Washington Square Press|edition= First (paperback) |language= English|isbn= 978-0671729172}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Gustav Hasford's official website|title=Web page dedicated to ''A Gypsy Good Time''|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728185006/http://www.gustavhasford.com/gypsy.html}}</ref> are currently [[Out-of-print book|out of print]]. The texts of the two war novels and an excerpt of ''A Gypsy Good Time'' were publicly available at the website for at least a decade,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20110131163348/http://www.gustavhasford.com/ |title=Original version |website= Gustav Hasford home page, with the full text of ''The Short-Timers'' and ''The Phantom Blooper'' novels included}}</ref> but the site has since been redesigned, and Hasford's cousin, who manages the site, has stated he "likely won't be reposting the novel" there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gustavhasford.blogspot.com/2013/01/about-this-site.html |title=About This Site |website=GustavHasford.com |author=Jason Aaron |date=January 2013 |accessdate=September 7, 2014}}</ref> |
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| Author | Gustav Hasford |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective fiction |
| Publisher | Washington Square Press (PB) |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 177 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-671-72917-9 (paperback edition) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
A Gypsy Good Time is a 1992 noir detective novel by Vietnam veteran Gustav Hasford and the last novel he completed before his death in 1993, at age 45. It is written in the style of classic hardboiled detective fiction and was poorly received by book critics at the time for making too much use of the cliches of the genre. A Gypsy Good Time never received the same critical recognition as Hasford's novels on Vietnam, The Short-Timers (1979) and The Phantom Blooper (1990), and is relatively unknown even among the author's followers.[citation needed] The book is reportedly based on Hasford's disillusionment with Hollywood during the production of Full Metal Jacket (1987).[citation needed]
Plot
Vietnam veteran and Private Investigator Dowdy Lewis, Jr. struggles with alcoholism, his time in the Vietnam War, and his own rapid aging. He meets Yvonna Lablaine, an attractive red-headed outcast from a prominent Hollywood family, and falls in love. One day, however, after a brief but passionate romance, Lewis finds Lablaine dying at his door, murdered. He then embarks on a quest involving drug dealers, mobsters and Hollywood moguls in order to find the truth about what happened and to take revenge on the culprits.
Reception
This book received many negative reviews[citation needed]; however, there were some positive ones from other prominent authors and filmmakers who deemed the book a sleeper hit that created a surprisingly accurate and bleak portrait of the modern American movie business.[citation needed]
"This may be the best stuff I've ever read about Hollywood and the movies, a world as savage and erotic as any jungle war...Gustav Hasford's voice is unmistakable in American writing." -Kent Anderson[citation needed]
"Hallelujah! At last a new dimension to the crime novel. As if it wasn't enough to deliver a nifty plot with unique characters, Hasford's A Gypsy Good Time has something to say--and nobody says it better." -James B. Harris[citation needed]
Out of print
According to the Official Gustav Hasford Website maintained by Hasford's cousin, The Short-Timers,[1] The Phantom Blooper,[2] and Hasford's third and last completed book, a noir detective novel titled A Gypsy Good Time (1992),[3][4] are currently out of print. The texts of the two war novels and an excerpt of A Gypsy Good Time were publicly available at the website for at least a decade,[5] but the site has since been redesigned, and Hasford's cousin, who manages the site, has stated he "likely won't be reposting the novel" there.[6]
References
- ^ Hasford, Gustav (1979). The Short-Timers (1st (hard cover) ed.). Harper & Rowe. ISBN 978-0060117825.
- ^ Hasford, Gustav (January 1, 1990). The Phantom Blooper (1st (hard cover) ed.). Bantam Books. ISBN 978-0553057188.
- ^ Hasford, Gustav (March 1992). A Gypsy Good Time (First (paperback) ed.). Washington Square Press. ISBN 978-0671729172.
- ^ "Web page dedicated to A Gypsy Good Time". Gustav Hasford's official website.
- ^ "Original version". Gustav Hasford home page, with the full text of The Short-Timers and The Phantom Blooper novels included.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|website=(help) - ^ Jason Aaron (January 2013). "About This Site". GustavHasford.com. Retrieved September 7, 2014.