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Patrick Hoffman
Patrick Hoffman has worked for over a decade as a private investigator, and as an investigator for the San Francisco public defenders office. His first novel, The White Van was short-listed for a CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award, and listed as a best book of the year by the Wall Street Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Buzzfeed. His second novel, Every Man a Menace is available now from Grove Atlantic.


Writing a Novel is Just Like Searching for Ecstasy in Cambodia

Patrick Hoffman on Doing Deep Research in the Cardamom Mountains
October 18, 2016  By Patrick Hoffman
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