Chris,
Re your introduction below:
> Just introducing myself. I've only just gotten
into
> the idea of getting
> into hardboiled fiction, though I've always been
a
> film noir fan. I
> read "Man With the Getaway Face" due to my
great
> affection for
> "Payback" - the film, that is. (I know some
don't
> approve of the
> adaptation but I saw the movie first, and love it
on
> it's own merits)
> Couldn't find "The Hunter" or I would've read
that
> first.
Welcome aboard! I think you'll like it here.
There are editions of THE HUNTER published under the titleS
of PAYBACK and POINT BLANK. It's possible you'll have better
luck looking under those titles.
> Anyway, a couple of questions. I know there are
a
> few mentioned on the
> website, but I was wondering what
hardboiled
> anthologies people here
> might recommend.
Joseph T. Shaw's THE HARD-BOILED OMNIBUS, Bill Pronzini's THE
ARBOR HOUSE TREASURY OF MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE STORIES FROM
THE GREAT PULPS, Ron Goulart's THE HARDBOILED DICKS, Robert
Randisi's THE EYES HAVE IT, and, more recently, Michael
Bracken's FEDORA and HARDBROILED.
> Also, it seems to me the hardboiled genre is
the
> perfect vehicle for
> the sort of deadpan wit I enjoy. Are there
any
> particular authors who
> go this route? I know Westlake's other novels
are
> supposed to be sort
> of wacky, but I'm thinking more of say, Bogart
in
> "The Big Sleep." I
> found "Man With the Getaway Face" like this to
some
> extent, and greatly
> enjoyed it.
Jonathan Latimer and Richard S. Prather both approached the
PI genre with humor. Ed McBain's 87th Pct procedural, FUZZ,
has a lot of farcical touches. Robert Crais's Elvis Cole
books usually have a lot of wiseguy snappy patter in
them.
Hope you enjoy the group. Once more, welcome aboard.
JIM DOHERTY
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