NOLA based, quite "literary" for a mystery. Sallis has written a critical biography of Chester Himes.

Odd form for a "novel" - 4 stories spanning about 25 years, all of them about missing people cases. Some close friends of the main character appear in all the stories, but that is the only connection between them.

I will read more by him (The Driver - being filmed currently), but a bit disappointed. The story is more about the life of private detective turned novelist, Lew Griffin, and there is very little action in the story.