Country United States Publication date 1983 Pages 180 Originally published 1983 Page count 180 | Language English ISBN 0-684-17844-3 Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons | |
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Goodbye Goliath is a fictional detective mystery novel written by Elliott Chaze, published by Scribner, New York in 1983.
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Plot
In a small Alabama town, John Robinson, the loathsome general manager of the local paper, The Catherine Call, is found murdered in the news room with a spike through his head. Managing editor Kiel St. James takes it upon himself to solve the crime to help keep the newspaper going.
Reviews
When reviewing Goodbye Goliath, along with two of Chaze's other novels, Mr. Yesterday (1984) and Little David (1985), The New Yorker called them "good, down-home fun with much flavorful redneck talk...plenty of excitement too."
The New York Times said "besides being a traditional, cleverly plotted murder mystery, Goodbye Goliath is an accurate picture of how a small-town newspaper operates. Mr. Chaze, himself a former city editor for a Mississippi paper, knows the ins and outs of the news room. He tells his story with a good deal of sophistication, including some sexual humor that never becomes offensive."