Dave, the OPERATION books were a travesty upon the Drake character and
Marlowe's fans...though I suppose some liked them (though I've never met or
heard from one). His Johnny Killian series was somewhat better...but, for
me, his strength is in his standalone novels.
Ron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of davezeltserman
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 6:40 AM
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Dan Marlowe (was: Re: Jim Thompson recommendations?)
>
> Ron, I agree about Never Live Twice, Vengeance Man, and Strong Arm.
> I'll have to look for Backfire. About Endless Hour--I've heard other
> people rave about it, and maybe I'll have to reread that one, but
> wasn't too fond about it the first time I read it. Years ago I thought
> I hit paydirt finding a stack of Marlowe's Operation books at a used
> bookstore, and was disappointed in the lot of them, partly because
> they lacked the fierceness of Death, and partly because of the
> softcore porn stuff he threw into them.
>
> --Dave
>
>
> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Clinton" <clinton65@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> > > Behalf Of davezeltserman
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:23 PM
> > > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Jim Thompson recommendations?
> >
> > > Name of the Game is Death might
> > > be my three favorite crime fiction books.
> >
> > Slight drift: couldn't agree more with the Dan Marlowe
> reference...been a
> > while since I tried ranking by genre, but NAME would probably be on
> my Top
> > Five List, certainly Top Ten. THE VENGENCE MAN, NEVER LIVE TWICE,
> BACKFIRE,
> > ONE ENDLESS HOUR and STRONGARM are also terrific reads. FOUR FOR
> THE MONEY
> > is also quite good.
> >
> > Ron C.
> >
>
>
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