Maybe I'm the Norwegian that Bill Denton referred to some
postings ago when
he accounted for the subscribers to the list. I've been
lurking for some
time, and I have picked up more information from this list
during the months
I've been lurking than I have from several volumes of
reference books. So
thanks to you all.
In 1950 the paperback came to Norway, and my dad bought them
from the start.
It's amazing how many of the American hb/noir authors that
were translated
and published in Norway from 1950 and onwards. Almost all the
authors (not
books) that have been mentioned/discussed on this list I have
in a Norwegian
paperback translation from the forties/fifties/sixties. I
inherited my
father's paperback collection when he died (he never wasted
one single
book), and reading/collecting these books (both in Norwegian
and in English)
has become my hobby (passion?).
Now the help I need: some authors/books I can't find in my
reference books.
And from the staggering amount of knowledge I've registered
on rara-avis,
maybe you can help me out:
Who was Shipley Adams and when did he publish 'Murder Well
Begun'? And
Robert Chestnut, Lewis Clay and Charles Clos? I'll just
mention Barry Cord
and James Dark before I stop. I have a few more names, but
maybe you'll let
me bother you some other time.
Thanks
Geir
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