Spurlock, Duane wrote:
>
> To step back to the written word briefly. .
.
>
> John Harvey's Charlie Resnick novels aren't strictly
hardboiled, but
> they certainly derive from that tradition. On the
other hand, they have
> certain filmic qualities--his pacing and scene and
character setup owe
> something to the world of motion pictures.
>
> I mention Harvey because Resnick is such a jazz lover
and each novel
> devotes some time to Resnick's fascination with jazz.
I read
> somewhere--I think it was on Harvey's Web page--that
a big incentive for
> writing the Resnick novels was to have a venue for
writing about jazz in
> the way he wanted.
>
> I think some or one of these novels was adapted for
BBC television. Has
> anyone seen these shows? And, if so, was the musical
score jazz-based?
> --Duane
> >
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