Cassidy's Girl
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Hailed as one of Goodis's best works, this is a gripping crime novel about a disgraced airline pilot who has sunk to the lower depths of existence. Disaster trails the forlorn Cassidy like a hellhound. His self-destructive pattern results not only in self-torment but drags two women, Mildred and Doris, down into the gutter with him. Set in the hard streets of Philadelphia, Goodis's home ground, Cassidy's Girl entails blackmail, murder and the usual rough stuff, endowing his icy streets and wretched shanties with expressionistic intensity.
"Goodis's characters are...bad-dream Bogarts on the far ledge of existence...A strange world where...there are only two kinds of people...the wounded and the slain."—Mike Wallington
"David Goodis is the mystery man of hardboiled fiction."—Geoffrey O'Brien
"Action and thrills!"—San Francisco Call-Bulletin
Customer Reviews
Cassidy's Girl
Just finished David Goodis' Cassidy's Girl. I read the book with five of his novels in it earlier this month and got hooked on his writing. Cassidy's girl isn't quite as good as any of the 5 I read in the book of 5 but it was still pretty good. Definitely a page turner. Same noir style as the others but the plot wasn't quite as good as what I had come to expect from him. The night squad is definitely a better book of his as well in my opinion. I think this was one of his earlier books and you can see him still looking to find his groove. He names Philadelphia in this book which he doesn't do in his others. And also the way he writes feels a little forced to me. Over all I still recommend it though to Goodis fans because he doesn't have a lot of material, and all of his books are quick reads. The end of this one left a little to be desired as well and I just read it 5 minutes ago so I'm still reflecting on it as I write this. I'm going to look for other books by Goodis because I love the genre. Feels like your reading a 40s noir movie in a lot of ways. This one just felt like a bit of a B movie if that helps to make sense.
Jarrett Guy. April 14 2017