Re: RARA-AVIS:Gault

Gary Warren Niebuhr (piesbook@execpc.com)
Sat, 13 Dec 1997 06:26:14 -0800 >Tosh Berman:>Gault (1910-1995) was a prolific writer of mysteries and
books for young people; in a long career, he wrote some of the most
interesting private eye novels I have ever read (two series, featuring
Brock Callahan and Joe Puma, respectively), nonseries novels, and many
short stories for the pulps.

One of my favorite Gault's is sometimes overlooked because it was published
under the pseudonym of Roney Scott. The book is called SHAKEDOWN, and it
is the first appearance of the name Joe Puma, although the later Puma is a
much different character. However, in SHAKEDOWN, Gault creates a near
classic noir tale of a P. I. so corrupt that we cannot tell whose side he
is on. It is great.

Besides all that, Gault was from Milwaukee. Best, GWN.

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