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THE ANGRY DREAM.
New York: Mystery House, [1957]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Gil Brewer was one of the major writers in the Gold Medal line of paperback originals. This is first of two books published in hardcover written by Brewer. Both are scarce. "His style is simple and direct, with sharp dialogue and considerable passion and intensity..." - St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers (4th edition), p. 109.
THE RED SCARF.
New York: Mystery House, [1958]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Gil Brewer was on the major writers in the Gold Medal line of paperback originals. This is one of two books published in hardcover by Brewer. Both are scarce. A hardboiled novel. "But his most accomplished work is one of two hardcovers, The Red Scarf-a tense story of a motel owner caught up in a web of greed, treachery, and violence made all the more complex by his own weakness." - St. James Guide to Crime & Mystery Writers (4th edition), p. 109. Anthony Boucher said in the New York Times that The Red Scarf is the "all around best Gil Brewer...a full packed story." Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights, p. 90-91.