> Rene Ribic wrote:
>
> > The most exciting find is a Pan edition from
1961 of "Solomon's
> > Vineyard" which I think may be the first
unexpurgated edition, or at
> > least the first pb edition. Does someone out
there know?
Bob T wrote :
> Great book. International Polygonics, Lt. (IPL)
brought out a nice
> unexpergated edition in 1988, the first American
trade edition, with
an
> introduction by William L. DeAndrea in which he
calls it "one of the
Great
> Missing Novels in the history of American Mystery
Fiction." Despite
his
> fondness for Upper Case, he's right. You'll love it.
Also see if you
can
> find Latimer's earlier wiseinhimer Bill Crane
novels. They're a gas.
>
Actually, I already own a copy of the Blue Murder pb edition,
it's an excellent hb pi novel, very raunchy for it's time
which is why there was only a heavily expurgated edition
published under the title "The Fifth Grave" in the US. This
1961 ed matches my Blue Murder copy. Latimer's
"The Dead Don't Care" is very high up my TBR list at present.
(No Exit edition with excellent Weegee photo on cover).
>>
> > "Bordersnakes" by James Crumley
>
> All of Crumley's books are hilarious, brilliant and
obscene. I'd rate
this
> the best of your current bunch. But I'd go back and
read Crumley's
earlier
> books first, in order: "The Wrong Case," "The Last
Good Kiss,"
"Dancing Bear,"
> and "The Mexican Tree Duck," to get some perspective
on Milo and
Sughrue, the
> Bad Ole Boys who star in "Bordersnakes."
>
I've read the first 3 (I have a Picador edition with all of
them in 1 volume), not "Mexican Tree Duck", they're great,
esp the 1st two.Only read them fairly recently, I tend to be
a little reluctant to read PI fiction (no, I 'd don't want to
start that one up again, it's just a matter of taste), which
is often a mistake, as in this case. Thanks for the input,
Bob.
Rene.
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