Fredric Brown's _The Fabulous Clipjoint_ retains all its
freshness; he
does a superb job with characterization, and the plot is
interesting and
plausible. One of his best works.
David Goodis's _The Burglar_ struck me overall as a mess,
despite a good
first third. Its ending is pure melodramatic trash. The cover
blurbs say
that there was a 1957 movie with Jayne Mansfield and Dan
Duryea; has
anyone seen it and is it any good? It is curious that
Gladden, the girl
in the novel, is repeatedly described as very small and
skinny, whereas
Jayne Mansfield, well...
Regards,
mt
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