Re: RARA-AVIS: More forgotten ones: Davis Grubb

From: Nathan Cain (IndieCrime@gmail.com)
Date: 20 Jul 2008

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    I rewatched Night of the Hunter recently. It's an excellent film. Never knew anything about Grubb, though. Thanks for the link. I'll have to read the book sometime.

    On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 8:56 AM, jacquesdebierue
    <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > I was looking at the Wikipedia entry for this author, who seems
    > perennially out of print. Known for the Night of the Hunter, his star
    > has faded. I have a couple of short story collections that show him as
    > a top drawer writer. What happened to him?
    >
    > Grubb would be a good candidate for resurrection, at least to judge
    > from the literary value (money is a different story, as for Willeford).
    >
    > Anyway, here is the Wikipedia entry, which (hint) could do with more
    > substance:
    >
    > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Grubb
    >
    > Best,
    >
    > mrt
    >
    >



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