I saw The Big Gold Dream two nights ago when I was killing time at a
bookstore. I got all excited for a minute -- before I read the first
paragraph and instantly recalled reading the book last year (I am
terrible with titles). Then I was sad. I would so like to experience
reading any of those Himes Digger/Coffin books again for the first
time. I envy any of you who hasn't read them and takes Mario's
advice.
And for those following the Sadism thread, Digger & Coffin aren't
above a bit of torture either, and they certainly get as good as they
give (I'm thinking specifically of acid). Which reminds me, doesn't
Sallis's (Sallis wrote a Himes biography, and his Lew Griffin
character is a Himes scholar) Long-Legged Fly begin with a torture
frame?
--Stewart
On 2010-03-04, at 2:14 PM, "jacquesdebierue" <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
I have been on a rereading binge for about a year, and last week I
took up Himes, his All Shot Up and The Big Gold Dream... fantastic,
better even than I remembered. If anybody here has not read Himes,
head for a bookstore or a library and do it! These hardboiled novels
have it all: humor, surrealism, street savvy, great dialogue, great
plots, and they are hardboiled as hell.
Kid
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