I've only read one Vachss novel, but it's full of stuff. One
my favorites:
Burke, the PI, can change license plates on his car, and do
it legally. He owns 10 percent interest in a junkyard. The
owner keeps him on at minimal salary and lets him have a set
of dealer plates in case he ever sees something worth
salvaging. Burke gets a monthly salary and gives it back to
the owner.
Another one (although I'm not sure I have this right.)
An experienced burglar will start with the bottom drawer and
move up, instead of starting at the top and moving down. It
saves time. Burke, I believe, kept the lip of his bottom
drawer lined with a razor blade.
Hugh Lessig
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>From:
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>To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: Practical tips from hardboiled
dicks
>Date: Sun, Nov 5, 2000, 6:15 PM
>
>
> I have a favor to ask of the Rara Avis brain
trust... but one that might
> actually be fun.
>
> I'm a writing a story for Men's Health magazine
(where I work) about all of
> the cool practical tips/advice that I've picked up
from reading hardboiled
> detective novels over the years--everything from how
to sweet talk someone to
> how mix a perfect cocktail to how to get out of a
sticky situation.
>
> Anyone have a favorite bit of practical wisdom I
should be including? In
> exchange, you'd receive mention in the magazine, a
copy when it appears next
> March, and of course, my eternal
gratitude.
>
> Try as I might, I'm having trouble remembering all
of the amazing things I've
> picked up in P.I. novels over the years (he says,
lighting a match from his
> thumbnail and drinking deeply from a tumbler of
Plymouth gin).
>
> Best,
>
> Duane Swierczynski
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