-In my previous message, I wrote:
> To remember:
> HOW SLEEPS THE BEAST (1937)wherein is one of
the
> most
> horrifying and realistic description of the
lynching
> of a Negro man. A recommended book.
Concerning this novel, I forgot to mention that it was
refused by the publishers in the USA at the time, and was
first published in the UK.
Don Tracy was not the only one facing the problem amongst
American HB/Noir authors (this kind of problem went on until
end of the 50's/early 60's), and they were seeking then to
publish these refused books in Europe first. It was, at the
time, always a contents problem- not the quality or genre of
the book.
On the contrary of today publishing, in which some American
HB/Noir authors of quality look to British
(or even French) publishers first, because of the lack of
real interest for the genre itself from the American
publishing sphere. And probably from the reading public as
well.
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
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