On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Etienne Borgers wrote:
> I suppose Roger Martin and Juri were referring to
the
> death of Marvin in 1996 in France where he lived
since
> the early 80's. So the assembly of short stories
by
> French writers was in fact a literary "hommage"
to
> Albert.
Martin used the very word "disappearance". Are the stories in
the
"hommage" any good? Can you name any writers?
> Mixed feelings about his work (more than 80 books
I
> think) can easily happen due to great variations
in
> quality. IMO the best is to find under his
pseudonym
> Al Conroy, and some western novels (very close
to
> HB/Noir) he published under his real
name.
At least "Devil in Dungarees" (1960 or so) should be at
everyone's reading list.
> He was still publishing crime novels when living
in
> France, mainly under his real name.
Stone Angel books are pretty good, even though I'm not very
enthusiastic about them. I don't know why, maybe it's because
the translations, but Pete Sawyer just isn't interesting
enough a character.
> I take the opportunity to wish a very good 2001 to
all
> of the list followers. Be it very HB and Noir...
in
> your readings only!
Same to you, too, and others.
Juri
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