Well, you already know what I think of "Streeter".
>
> Here's what people suggested (I hope I didn't miss
any):
>
> _They Shoot Horses, Don't They?_ (Horace
McCoy)
> _Freaky Deaky_ (Elmore Leonard)-- Love Leonard and
Cuba Libra was so-oo-0 good.
> _Joey's Case_ (K.C. Constantine)
I'm trying to read one of his now, there was some discussion
last week
on him.
> _The Lost Get Back Boogie_ (James Lee
Burke)
> _The Good Old Stuff_ (John D. MacDonald)
> _Brighton Rock_ (Graham Greene)
> _King Suckerman_ (George Pelecanos)
I vote this one; Gerry Ford says he's the best thing
around.
> _Hollywood Nocturnes_ (James Ellroy)-- Good,
good.
> _Kiss Me, Deadly_ (Mickey Spillane)--Black Alley was
not so good
> _A Long Reach_ (Michael Stone)--Oh, yes, no
question
> _Solomon's Vineyard_ (Jonathan Latimer)
>
> I think it's high time we got to some Ellroy, and
_Hollywood
> Nocturnes_ ought to be a good choice. The L.A.
Quartet should be read
> in order, so we can't go jumping into _White Jazz_,
and _American
> Tabloid_ is pretty huge. Besides, "Dick Contino's
Blues" is a great
> story, and I haven't read it in a while. Then, let's
try out this _A
> Long Reach_, unless anyone really hates Stone, and
then let's do _The
> Burnt Orange Heresy_, because there are so many
Willeford fans here
> and because some probably haven't read it.
Is this the order, Elroy, Stone and then Willeford??? Yes,
yes, more,
more. I'm looking for -Hollywood- right now.
>
> Hmmm, I forgot Gar Haywood. We'll get to him
soon.
Soooner, please. But then of course you will have to read
(in
conjunction with his Aaron Gunner) the Dottie Loudermilk
(Going Nowhere
Fast) so you can compare writing styles and stories (a black
woman
narrator [first person] what a hoot compared to Gunner.
>
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