Dave Zeltserman wrote:
Mario, I can't argue with that list, but I think I'd add
James M. Cain...
...and by virtue of one great novel...
***************** Hey! No fair. You might have got to Cain
before me but I offered him up too before I read your
post.
And by virtue of one great novel brings up a bunch. I
hesitate to say it, but I'd put Willeford in that category
for The Burnt Orange Heresy. Nothing else I've read of his
has measured up. Others that I've only read one of but
thought were great were Thornburg
(was it Cutter and Bone?) and whoever the heck it was who
wrote The Last Good Kiss. Others too. Anderson's Thieves Like
Us and Gresham's Nightmare Alley. Other than Willeford, I've
only read one novel by the others, but they were excellent.
I've kinda come around to liking McCoy's They Shoot Horses,
Don't They?, too.
I could go on like this forever. I won't.
miker
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