Enrique Bird (ebird@gmgroup.com)
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:58:47 -0400
Marian,
$20 is not merely a good price for it; it is a great price. I
tried purchasing it some time ago at twice the price and was
unsuccessful.
Enrique Bird
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marian Poller [SMTP:Mpoller@netvision.net.il]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 7:45 AM
> To: rara-avis@icomm.ca
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: 1001 midnights
>
> 1001 midnights is an amazing reference book that I
just obtained from an
> online source (ABE). The book is edited by Marcia
Muller and Bill Pronzini
> and came out back in 1986. At that time I tried to
find it but didn't
> succeed so up until yesterday I had only heard about
it but never seen a
> copy.
> Well, it has some interesting shortcomings. It seems
very much to be a
> product of the late 70's and early 80's. Undue
weight goes to the authors
> of
> that period. It's also very heavily skewed to the
interests of the two
> editors which is why I'm bringing it up here as
Pronzini's main interest
> is
> squarely along Rara avis lines. Just about every
hardboiled author who
> ever
> wrote gets included and it's quite interesting
too.
> So how many of you have this book and what do you
think of it? Do you
> refer to it often? Bill Crider is one of the
contributors so Bill, what
> can
> you tell me about this book? Also, is $20 a good
price for it now?
> Marian Poller
> Herzylia, Israel
> mpoller@netvision.net.il
>
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