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A Gypsy Good Time is a 1992 noir detective novel by Vietnam War veteran Gustav Hasford and the last novel he completed before his death in 1993, at forty-five years old.
Jan 1, 1992 · 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.
Jan 1, 1992 · 5.0 2 ratings. See all formats and editions. When his girlfriend is murdered, Dowdy Lewis tries to follow the trail, and comes up against mobsters, Hollywood moguls, and drug dealers in his pursuit of the killer. Report an issue with this product or seller. Print length. 177 pages. Language. English. Publisher. Washington Square Pr.
Now he's putting together the pieces behind Yvonna's death. The picture isn't pretty: it's about mobsters, Hollywood moguls, and the price of flesh and blood. Then again, Dowdy Lewis is not a...
Mar 1, 1992 · A Gypsy Good Time is a 1992 novel by the author of The Short-Timers, a Vietnam War novel. It follows the adventures of a bookstore owner and a movie producer in Hollywood, but the reviewer finds it unintentionally hilarious and awful.
Jan 29, 1993 · Jerry Gustave Hasford (November 28, 1947 – January 29, 1993), also known under his pen name Gustav Hasford was the author of two major novels of the Vietnam war, The Short Timers and The Phantom Blooper, as well as a third book, A Gypsy Good Time.
Dowdy Lewis, Jr., half owner of a Hollywood bookstore specializing in the Old West, is an alcoholic and self-pitying Vietnam vet, and has the misfortune to fall for a dish named Yvonna Lablaine, who works for a cheapo movie producer named Bird Cameron.
