Speaking of George V. Higgins, where does he fit in the
hardboiled world? Is
he really hardboiled? What is he, exactly? -- Duane
-----Original Message-----
From: Akaff@aol.com <Akaff@aol.com>
To: rara-avis@icomm.ca <rara-avis@icomm.ca>
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 10:15 PM
Subject: RARA-AVIS: First Post
>Hello all,
>
>My name is Al and I have lurked for some time now and
have decided to come
out
>of the shadows and introduce myself. I'm 30 years old
and work in
advertising
>at the New York Daily News, (definitely a hard boiled
newspaper, if there
is
>such a thing). I've read mysteries since I was young.
Having lived 6 years
in
>Hong Kong, I was introduced to mysteries with the
British author Enid
Blyton
>(Secret Seven and Famous Five Series). Moving to the
States I was
introduced
>to the comparatively testosterone infused Hardy Boys
and the Three
>Investigators. Mid to late teens brought mostly
popular thrillers (ie.
Ludlum
>and Cussler), classic literature and on a rare
occasion, a mystery. College
to
>mid-20's I read history only.
>
>About four years ago, getting older and more
nostalgic, I rediscovered
>mysteries and started reading Doyle, Sayers, Carr,
Stout, Dick Francis,
>Reginald Hill and Colin Dexter. Then one day,
unbeknownst to me I
discovered
>the hard boiled genre with the Black Echo by Michael
Connelly.Dark,
>intelligently written with style. I read the entire
Harry Bosch series and
>thought it was the greatest. That is until I
discovered the old masters.
>Since then I have read almost all of Chandler and
Hammett and much or some
of
>both MacDonalds, both Cains, Goodis, Himes, Spillane,
Jim Thompson,
Willeford,
>Mosely, Burke, Crumley, McBain, Block, Ellroy,
Pelecanos and others. I'd
read
>more if I could, but a 9 month old baby girl makes
this impossible. My most
>recent reads include, Kiss Me Deadly (Spillane), They
Shoot Horses, Don't
>They? (Horace Mccoy) and The Wrong Case (Crumley), the
latter two
excellent.
>Next on my list is The Friends of Eddie Coyle by
George V. Higgins and a
>Parker novel, The Man with the Getaway Face. In
addition to reading,
digging
>up old books by these great authors has spawned an
interest in collecting
>vintage paperbacks.
>
>Speaking of children, anyone trying to pass on their
love of the
hard-boiled
>to their offspring? Forget Charlotte's Web, I can''t
wait to one day
>introduce my daughter to Nate the Great.. a sort of
pint sized Sam Spade
for
>grade schoolers!
>
>Later,
>
>Al
>akaff@aol.com
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