The Man Who Liked To Look at Himself is a crime novel by the American writer K. C. Constantine.[1][2] The novel is set in 1970s Rocksburg, a fictional blue-collar, Rust Belt town in Western Pennsylvania (modeled on the author's hometown of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, adjacent to Pittsburgh).
 First edition | |
| Author | K. C. Constantine |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Saturday Review Press |
Publication date | 1973 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 156 |
| ISBN | 0-8415-0266-8 |
| OCLC | 746089 |
| Preceded by | The Rocksburg Railroad Murders |
| Followed by | The Blank Page |
Mario Balzic is the protagonist, an atypical detective for the genre, a Serbo-Italian American cop, middle-aged, unpretentious, a family man who asks questions and uses more sense than force.
As the novel opens, Balzic and Lt. Harry Minyon of the state police are hunting pheasant at the Rocksburg Rod and Gun Club when, after Minyon's dog bites Balzic, the dog uncovers a piece of human bone that shows signs of having been hacked apart.
It is the second book in the 17-volume Rocksburg series.
References
edit- ^ Adams, Phoebe Lou (1974-01-01). "The Man Who Liked to Look at Himself". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ^ "Criminals At Large". The New York Times. 1973-12-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
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