Dear Riuchard Moore,
I have enjoyed your recent comments, particularly the way you
exprees your enthusiasm for Charles Williams. I shall seek
him out.
Best,
Keith
keithdeutsch@earthlink.net
Moorich2@aol.com wrote:
> I have always thought Charles Williams did not get
his due. He did write a
> series of backwoods tramp novels for Gold Medal in
the 1950s. It was a very
> active sub-genre inspired by the tremendous success
of Erskine Caldwell in
> paperback. Growing up in Georgia myself I always
wished the Daisy Mae tramps
> were as common in real life as in that type
novel.
>
> In addition to Williams' generally excellent "bad
woman gets good man in
> trouble" novels, he also did some of the best
mysteries with a sailing
> background. They generally had hardback publication.
DEAD CALM is a good
> example. As the novel was reprinted when the movie
came out a few years ago,
> I doubt there is any trouble with the estate on
republication.
>
> The best thing on Williams I remember was an article
in a book edited by Jon
> Breen. It quotes Williams' agent (Don Cogden?) as
saying Williams committed
> suicide. He had spent some time in Europe, I
believe, where he did film
> work. I think the article was by Ed
Gorman.
>
> Sorry to be so imprecise but I am an ocean away from
my collection in
> Alexandria, Virginia. Bill Crider also had an
article in the collection so
> perhaps he can supply the particulars. The book is
well worth seeking out as
> it covers Peter Rabe, Whittington, Ed Lacy, as well
as some of the more
> celebrated writers from the 1950s.
>
> Richard Moore
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