>F
like blonde bait..nothing like the sea novels.
same as hell hath no fury. c williams books are
fantastic.
rom: Etienne Borgers <
freeweb@rocketmail.com>
>Reply-To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
>To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
>Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: williams, brewer, and
rabe...and Willeford: Blumen
>thal corrects
>Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:14:30 -0800
(PST)
>
>I know that Charles Williams is practically
forgotten
>in his own country, but I have to
contradict.
>If the sea is important in Williams' work it's not
the
>central theme of it. Far from it..
>Only a few have the sea and sailing ships
as
>background.
>His works go from riotously funny novels
as:
>THE DIAMOND BIKINI(and its sequel: Uncle
Sagamore's
>Girls), through capers,naturalist novels (early in
his
>career), to quite a few books which are really noir
…
>but all of his production is most of the time of
very
>good quality!
>Like:
>NOTHING IN HER WAY
>A TOUCH OF DEATH
>MAN ON THE RUN
>AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
>
>Quite a number of his novels were adapted for
films.
>
>As far as I know he published 23 novels; he
committed
>suicide in 1975.
>
>I think Williams is unjustly forgotten these days
in
>the USA.
>
>====
>As for religious themes (or using
religious
>backgrounds) in HB/Noir novels, there are quite a
few
>as well, such as: SWEET CHEAT by Peter Duncan
(small
>gem of cynic humor), SALOMON'S VINEYARD by
Jonathan
>Latimer, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER by Davis Grubb.
And
>more.
>
>E.Borgers
>Hard-Boiled Mysteries
>http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
>
>--- Todd Mason <
Todd.Mason@tvguide.com> wrote:
> > Should've known better! TM
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: M Blumenthal
> > [mailto:
blumenidiot@21stcentury.net]
> >
> >
> > > I think Bill meant Charles Willeford.
Charles
> > Williams, the one I know,
> > and
> > > whom you probably found, was an Inkling,
a
> > fellow-traveler with JRR
> > Tolkien
> > > and C. S. Lewis in dealing in
> > religiously-significant fantasy
fiction.
> > >
> > I think Bill meant the Charles Williams who
wrote
> > Gold Medals such as The
> > Hot Spot and The Sailcloth Shroud. Most of his
books
> > have something to do
> > with the sea.
> > Mark
>
>
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