I too am saddened to read about the passing of Joseph Hansen.
I vividly remember the special atmosphere of each of his
Brandstetter novels although I haven't gone back to them in
many years. Hack Bohannon I never heard about. Are they still
in print?
Susan Evans Shaw
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Moore
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 10:04 PM
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: RIP Joseph Hansen
Jim, I completely agree with your praise for
Joseph Hansen's Dave
Brandstetter novels. They were excellent PI
novels, period.
Brandstetter came across to me as a very human
character as Hansen
did such a good job with his personal life and
the various boyfriends
who came went in the series. I also enjoyed his
series featuring ex-
sheriff Hack Bohannon.
Checking just now I see he was 81 in July. He
wasn't, IIRC, a
regular at mystery conventions although I met him
once at one of the
California Bouchercons a decade or so ago. I am
sorry to hear of his
death.
Richard Moore
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@y...>
wrote:
> I just heard that Joseph Hansen passed
away.
>
> Very few people since Hammett and Chandler and
have
> brought something truly new to the hard-boiled
PI
> story, but Hansen is certainly one of those
few.
>
> His novels and stories about gay insurance
detective
> Dave Brandstetter were praised for being
> ground-breaking, but, aside from that, they were
just
> damned good PI stories. Well-written,
> well-characterized, well-plotted.
>
> He'll be missed.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
>
>
>
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