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Re: RARA-AVIS: Query on two authors
In a message dated 97-02-10 14:39:05 EST, you write:
<< Haycraft notes in an introduction to James Sandoe's 'Readers' Guide to
Crime' that he thinks Adams's *Sabotage* (1940) ought to be included
(Sandoe doesn't include any Adams in his list). Haycraft also mentions
Adams among a list of 'capable or better newcomers' in his essay, 'The
Whodunit in WWII and After.'
>>
Apparently, Sandoe reconsidered. In a list compiled in 1952, Sandoe selected
Adam's Sabotage as well as John Spain's Dig Me a Grave as among the best
Hard-Boiled novels (TAD's book of lists, pg175-80).
According to Francis Nevin's article in Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery
Writers, Adams was an art director for films (and you thought screenwriters
were obscure!).
regards,
Tim
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