RARA-AVIS: hello and a question

Roger Kurtz (rkurtz@compare.net)
Mon, 05 Oct 1998 16:59:15 -0700 Hey all,

I just joined, so I don't know how much traffic this list gets. If it's
anything like the other mailing list I'm on, this is probably the first
message in month or two. Here's a question though.

I've been looking at amazon.com for some of the lesser-known works by my
favorite authors, but I'm running into a lot of out-of-print stuff. Is
there an online bookstore somewhere that specializes in hardboiled
fiction? I've only really scratched the surface here: Chandler,
Hammett, Ross Macdonald, John D. Macdonald, Chester Himes, and some of
the newer authors like James Ellroy and Andrew Vacchs, etc. I hope you
all can help me.

Also, I've recently found myself in a position where I have more time to
do pleasure reading, and I'm looking for some new authors to pick up.
Based on the above authors I listed, who would you recommend that I may
not have heard of? It's so difficult to pick up "new" authors who've
been out of print for 30 years, you know? Anyway, any help would be
truly appreciated. I look forward to at least one reply!

Roger

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