Peter Duchin, Author, Charles Michener, With Random House (NY) $27.5 (400p) ISBN 978-0-679-41418-6
Pianist, conductor and composer Duchin's mother died in 1937 when he was only a few days old and he never saw much of his father, famed bandleader Eddie Duchin. In spite of this, he had a privileged childhood, and, as he recalls it here, his life...
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Peter Duchin, Author, John Morgan Wilson, Joint Author . Berkley Prime Crime $22.95 (295p) ISBN 978-0-425-19180-4
In their second collaboration (after 2002's Blue Moon
), high-society bandleader Duchin and Edgar winner Wilson spin another smooth, celebrity-strewn tale of homicide. In August 1965, Philip Damon and his orchestra are heading to Los Angeles for
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Peter Duchin, Author, John Morgan Wilson, Author, John Morgan Wilson, Joint Author . Berkley Prime Crime $22.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-425-18645-9
High society bandleader Duchin and Edgar Award winner Wilson (the Benjamin Justice series) team up for a nostalgia-filled first mystery set in San Francisco in 1963. A bandleader, and son of a famous bandleader, Philip Damon plays swing and jazz...
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Peter Duchin, with Patricia Beard. Doubleday, $28 (304p) ISBN 978-0-385-54587-7
The pianist leader of the Peter Duchin Orchestra dance band claws his way back from disability while reminiscing about his life in this knotty memoir. Duchin (Ghost of a Chance), who is also a mystery novelist, recounts his agonizing recovery from...
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