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Fadeout (1970) by Joseph Hansen Fadeout is a hardboiled mystery novel by American crime writer Joseph Hansen, and the first to feature his popular character Dave Brandstetter, an openly gay detective. Brandstetter has been cited as a groundbreaking character in gay fiction and crime fiction. Hansen published eleven further books featuring Brandstetter, ending with A Country of Old Men in 1991. Hansen disliked the term "gay" and always described himself as "homosexual". (Source: Wikipedia)

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One of those moments that makes you feel the pain of losing someone you loved. Tommy in the background. Can't tell if it was scripted, or not, but kudos to Colin for acting the loss Tommy was feeling (despite this not being the Tommy from that Earth).

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i really gotta remember to skip the forward in reprints of old books, so often they assume you're a rereader and spoil the plot while complimenting it 😩

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fadeout - joseph hansen - 1970

// a gay private investigator investigating a death and a missing body // as he manages the loss of his partner // one of the first hardboiled mysteries to center on a gay mc and refute stereotypes //

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(It was a meme in a wcrp I’m in! Maybe also on here!)

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Fadeout by Joseph Hansen

Lovely to have discovered this writer and series. Originally published in 1970 this first of the Dave Brandstetter novels must have been something of a sensational breakthrough in publishing at the time; an openly homosexual hero - apparently Hansen didn’t like the word ‘gay’ and did a lot for homosexual rights.

Dave Brandstetter is a private eye in the best fashion of private eyes. This may have been my first Brandstetter novel but it certainly won’t be my last. What a joy to have a whole series of books to look forward to.

Highly recommend.

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What wonderful news!

"50 Years of Dave Brandstetter: Fadeout, Death Claims, Troublemaker," by Joseph Hansen

In an auspicious event for mystery readers, Syndicate is reprinting all 12 of Joseph Hansen's pioneering Dave Brandstetter novels over 12 months. "Fadeout," the first in the series featuring the comfortably gay World War II vet and L.A. insurance investigator, was published in 1970. As Michael Nava points out in his insightful new introduction, that's when gay sex was a criminal act in 49 of the 50 states. Through grit and sheer talent, Hansen found a wide audience. Nava writes, "It is his art, ultimately, and not simply his subject matter, that makes Joseph Hansen one of the great masters of California noir." Crime fiction fans who don't know Hansen's work are in for a treat."