An Occasional Hell
 First edition | |
| Author | Randall Silvis |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Detective novel |
| Publisher | Permanent Press |
| Publication date | 1993 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 256 pp[1] |
| ISBN | 1-877946-24-9 |
| OCLC | 26674219 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 20 |
| LC Class | PS3569.I47235 O28 1993 |
An Occasional Hell is a 1993 detective novel by the American writer Randall Silvis, first published by Permanent Press.[2][3]
Set in 1990s in the lower Monongahela River Valley below Pittsburgh, it tells the story of Ernest DeWalt, a former Chicago private investigator and successful novelist who is now a college professor. DeWalt's new life is interrupted when a philandering colleague, Alex Catanzaro, is killed in a farmland trysting place and his widow asks the former PI for help.
It was made into a film starring Tom Berenger in 1996.[4]
References
- ↑ "An Occasional Hell". Kirkus Reviews. No. 23. December 1, 1992. ISSN 1948-7428. ProQuest 917187764. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
- ↑ Brainard, Dulcy (November 30, 1992). "An Occasional Hell by Randall Silvis". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 239, no. 52. p. 38. ISSN 0000-0019. ProQuest 196966379. Retrieved July 6, 2026.
- ↑ Willis, Dail (May 30, 1993). "'An Occasional Hell,' is frequently intriguing detective novel". The Bay City Times. Associated Press. p. 46. Retrieved July 6, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Thompson, Bill (October 31, 1996). "Local backdrop adds to 'An Occasional Hell'". The Post and Courier. p. 5. ISSN 1061-5105. ProQuest 373761042.