i liked 'eye of the beholder' a lot. i'm sure it was here that i first heard about it.
--- On Mon, 3/2/09, Mark Sullivan <DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net> wrote:
> From: Mark Sullivan <DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net>
> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: No Exit Press
> To: "rara-avis" <rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 2:26 PM
> As noted by others, much of the much older stuff is gone,
> but looking through their author's list, there's
> still some very good stuff worth recommending. Here are a
> few I've like (most through US editions, don't know
> how many are still in print here, though):
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> Jakob Arjouni's Happy Birthday, Turk -- keep meaning to
> read others by him
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> Marc Behm's Eye of the Beholder -- I cannot recommend
> this highly enough, a truly subversive private eye novel,
> set me up for later enjoying books by the likes of
> O'Connell and Sallis, below. I hear the movie stinks.
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> Edward Bunker, particularly No Beast So Fierce (AKA
> Straight Time) -- it shows an upcoming book by him, Deathrow
> Breakout and Other Stories; anyone know anything about this?
> I'll definitely be picking that up.
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> Max Decharne's Hardboiled Hollywood compares the books
> and movies of a number of hardboiled classics. Really
> insightful commentary.
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> Anthony Frewin -- I have one of his books, but haven't
> read it.
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> Joseph Hansen's David Brandstetter series is highly
> recommended.
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> Kenji Jasper's Dark is a Street Lit noir that I enjoyed
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> John Milne's Brit PI Jimmy Jenner series is quite good;
> it's also interesting for not really playing off the US
> PI model, as Timlin, for instance, does (not a putdown of
> Timlin, I've enjoyed the Nick Sharman books I've
> read and wish they'd issue the TV series, starrign Clive
> Owen as Sharman, on DVD in the States).
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> Kem Nunn's Tapping the Source is an absolute classic of
> surfer noir; I've enjoyed everything I've read by
> him, though I'm a few behind.
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> Jack O'Connell's Quinsigamond series is a favorite
> of mine -- you can see many raves from me (and others) on
> this series in the archives.
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> James Sallis is among the best currently working.
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> Wang Shuo -- read his Playing for Thrills some years ago
> and enjoyed it (a very Chinese noir that's a bit odd,
> but intriguing from my Western perspective). I didn't
> know anything else by him had been reprinted. I'll
> definitely be picking up the other.
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> Jason Starr -- name seems familiar, don't know where
> from -- Hi Jason.
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> Charles Willeford -- if you haven't read him, well,
> you're really missing something
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> Daniel Woodrell -- these are two of his Remy Shade novels.
> I read the first a long, long time ago and liked it, need to
> read the others.
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> Mark
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> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > From: nevins_mark@yahoo.com
> > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 04:20:02 -0800
> > Subject: RARA-AVIS: No Exit Press
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> > I discovered Raoul Whitfield via No Exit editions, and
> they seem to have a produced a great little catalogue (in
> both MMPB and TPB size) over the years, including Paul Cain
> and other of the classics.
> >
> > I love their WeeGee-stmax Decharneyle photo covers,
> and my only complaint is that their bindings (at least in
> some of the older books) seem pretty shoddy, with the glue
> cracking badly. In a few cases my No Exit books have become
> No Exit portfolios.
> >
> > A list of their current titles can be found on their
> website:
> > http://www.noexit.co.uk/index.php
> >
> > Seems like some of the older titles have gone out of
> print, and I have never heard of some of the authors in the
> current catalogue, so if there are any recommendations, let
> us know.
> >
> > I always keep an eye out for No Exit books when I
> travel to London, and I was lucky to have found an
> apparently unread copy of Fake I.D. a few years back.
> >
> > Best,
> > Mark Nevins
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