I've always had a special fondness for THE ONE-DOLLAR RIP-OFF
by Ralph Dennis, which was the ninth novel featuring Jim
Hardman. It opens with Hardman and Hump Evans drinking at
George's Deli and a football pool on the Monday night game
floats between that bar and Moe and Joe's next door. Dennis
even drops in the bartender of George's during that time Sam
Najjar as a minor character. Dennis had a favorite booth in
George's Deli and lived close enough to walk to and from the
bar.
Although much of Atlanta has changed since the 1970s, those
two bars are still operating on North Highland Avenue in the
Virginia Highlands neighborhood, although George's has
dropped the "Deli" from the name.
The story is a quirky one as it begins with Hump being
cheated out of his winnings from a one dollar football bet
and he won't let it go.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Found some good ones today (most by writers whose
names I learned
here):
>
> The Big Guy by Wade Miller, "The Hemingway of
Suspense," as the
cover
> proclaims him/them -- grabbed this without really
looking at it,
as I
> would any Wade Miller I don't have; when I got home,
I was
thrilled to
> find it was not only a Gold Medal first edition, but
actually
signed by
> Bob Wade (printed underneath the signature was DBA
Wade Miller --
anyone
> have any idea what DBA means?)
>
> The Men from the Boys by Ed Lacy
> Hardman #9: The One-Dollar Rip-Off by Ralph
Dennis
> The Taming of Carney Wilde by Bart Spicer
> Cases by Joe Gores (the only novel of his I haven't
read except
for his
> new one)
> For Murder I Charge More by Frank McAuliffe (have
the first two
Augustus
> Mandrell collections, been looking for this
one)
> The Thrill Kids by Vin Packer ("A Real Shocker"
according to
Richard S.
> Prather)
>
> I'm a very happy camper right now.
>
> Mark
>
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