Re: RARA-AVIS: Hardboiled: Classic vs. Contemporary

Mario Taboada (matrxtech@sprintmail.com)
Sun, 30 Nov 1997 17:24:29 +0000 Yes, you can order books from England without much trouble (you can even
do it on the Internet, though I haven't done this yet). Your university
bookstore can probably order them for you if you are using them for a
course.

I don't know if Fredric Brown is in print in England (or if he is, which
titles are available). But how did you get 25 students to sign up for a
hardboiled course? Did you sap them, roscoe-slap them, or just threaten
them with taking away their licenses?

If you are curious about their offerings, No Exit Press has a web site
whose bookmark I can't find at the moment (a search will give it to you
in a snap). They have republished a lot of interesting material from the
old days, including Raoul Whitfield's three novels, Paul Cain's two
books, and works by Latimer and Gault, as well as many more recent and
excellent hardboiled novels. Allison and Busby also has a large
collection of reprints. And there are other reprint houses, about which
I can't report off the top of my head (my library is only partially
unpacked!)

Regards, and good luck in your course.

Mario Taboada
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