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G. D. Baum | |
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Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Education | Sarah Lawrence |
Genre | Detective fiction |
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G. D. Baum is an American crime novelist whose detective thrillers are set in Northern New Jersey. [1] [2] His novels feature detective Lock Tourmaline who is skilled in a hybrid form of Okinawan karate and Chinese Shaolin Kung Fu which combines striking, kicking, seizing, and grappling, called Shaolin Kempo Karate. [3] Reviewers describe Baum's novels as having "carefully choreographed martial arts moves" [1] [4] [5] [6] and compare his "clean and breezy" [7] style to that of Dashiell Hammett [3] and Raymond Chandler, [8] [9] [10] One critic suggested there was "too much dialogue", [6] but another suggested it was "rapid-fire" and "real-life". [3]
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G. D. Baum | |
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Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Education | Sarah Lawrence |
Genre | Detective fiction |
Website | |
gdbaum |
G. D. Baum is an American crime novelist whose detective thrillers are set in Northern New Jersey. [1] [2] His novels feature detective Lock Tourmaline who is skilled in a hybrid form of Okinawan karate and Chinese Shaolin Kung Fu which combines striking, kicking, seizing, and grappling, called Shaolin Kempo Karate. [3] Reviewers describe Baum's novels as having "carefully choreographed martial arts moves" [1] [4] [5] [6] and compare his "clean and breezy" [7] style to that of Dashiell Hammett [3] and Raymond Chandler, [8] [9] [10] One critic suggested there was "too much dialogue", [6] but another suggested it was "rapid-fire" and "real-life". [3]