I assume that you are talking about Hardboiled Mystery
Writers: Raymond Chandler, Dashiel Hammett, Ross Macdonald: A
Literary Reference, edited by Matthew Bruccoli and Richard
Layman. The list price is $22, so that's a deal. I bought it
when it first came out, and I think it's great.
The BOOKLIST review/summary, posted on Amazon says:
"Here is a treasure trove of original cover art,
correspondence, and biographical and literary criticism
focusing on the three major figures in twentieth-century "gat
and gore" fiction: Chandler, Hammett, and Macdonald. Veteran
critics and biographers Bruccoli and Layman have pooled their
expertise to offer a perspective on the three writers, from
inside and without. Each section opens with a listing of the
author's major works, letters, and the location of archives.
Then the sections move to the writers' own accounts of their
lives, culled from letters, addresses, and notebooks. The
reader will learn, for example, that Hammett's two favorite
things about writing were, first, the words "Pay to the order
of" and, second, the way his characters lived vividly for him
in the weeks he wrote about them. Mixed in with the writers'
own commentary are Bruccoli's and Layman's assessments and a
wonderful assemblage of lurid print ads, dust jackets, and
paperback covers. A valuable addit
ion to the crime fiction reference shelf." (by Connie
Fletcher)
~Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: T. Kent Morgan
I also spotted a copy of a reference book about
Chandler, Hammett and
Roos Macdonald that looked interesting. Of
course, I didn't write down
the title, but think it was something like
Hardboiled Mystery
Novelists. Should have bought it for $5.99 and it
will no doubt be
gone if someone on the list gives it a high
recommendation and I go
back to pick it up.
Kent Morgan
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