: I think Bill surely said it in jest, because Tom Nolan's
Ross
: Macdonald (NOT MacDonald) biography is not likely to be
reissued in
: paperback. Very few biographies of mystery writers are
reissued in
: paperback. None of the three major Hammett biographies are
in
: paperback, except Diane Johnson's biography in trade
paperback
: reprint.
I wasn't jesting, I figured it would come out in a big trade
paperback
edition next year. On the one hand, the market for a
Macdonald bio is
fairly small, but on the other hardcovers are very expensive
and if it
gets good reviews more people will be interested. I'll wait
and hope, I
guess.
: Frank MacShane's Chandler biography has not been reprinted
in
: paperback, I guess, even though ...
Are you sure? I think I saw this one in paperback at the
library. I'm
pretty sure it wasn't the book of letters.
This got me wondering about Mellen's _Hellmann and Hammett_.
There's no
paperback edition of it, although www.barnesandnoble.com is
selling
remaindered hardcover copies for $10 US. If this one doesn't
make it to
paper, there's little reason why the Macdonald bio should.
Too bad so few
people see these books.
Bill
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