We are really on a Georgia author thread! Flannery O'Conner
just blows me away. I described Woolrich as merciless but
Flannery was the first writer to strike me that way back when
a freshman English teacher at the University of Georgia read
her "A Good Man is Hard to Find" to my class. Man she grabs
me by the throat and other body parts. A very interesting
film was made on a low budget in Georgia of her novel WISE
BLOOD. Directed by John Huston with a fine cast (including a
classic Harry Dean Stanton performance), it is well worth
searching out. Featured a lot of local Macon, Georgia people
including the police chief, who I interviewed a few times in
my reporter days. He got into some political trouble with the
establishment for his portrayal of a mean-ass cop.
And thanks to Bill Crider and Bob Randisi for welcoming me.
Crider, it ain't big bucks that keep me slaving away, it's
the two daughters in college! I did have a charge last
weekend when I went into a mystery bookstore in Brussels
(Polar & Company) and found used copies of two of my
three novels in the Serie Noir editions. As one was only
published in that edition, I was especially excited to get
another copy. I also found a good first PBO of a Richard
Stark/Parker novel for a little over two dollars. Meanwhile,
I am trying to get my writing discipline back now that I am
in a new setting with a quiet phone and a lot of
solitude.
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