What I know of Boris Vian is that he was friends with jazz
players Charlie
Parker, Ellington, and Miles Davis. What he knew of America
(I believe he
never been to America before and during the writing of I SPIT
ON YOUR
GRAVES) was through his Jazz friends - and perhaps U.S.
soldiers. He was
also responsible for translating hardboiled American crime
novels into
French. So he was partly ( or IS) responsible for introducing
American
noir novels into France.
Where can one get Geoffrey Gorer's essay? Many thanks for Jay
in bringing
up the subject.
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Tosh Berman
TamTam Books
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