Anthony Dauer writes about Manifesto for the Dead by Domenic
Stansberry. I'm almost finished with the book. The writing is
almost minimalist, the book fairly short. The plot involves
Jim Thompson being asked to write a novel to be made into a
screeplay. What in fact is happening is Jim being set up as
the fall guy in a murder. I almost put it down but I wanted
to see what Stansberry did in the end. I wouldn't have put it
high on my list to read except that it featured Jim
Thompson.
Betsy Willeford asks about Jim Sallis's biography of Chester
Himes. I wrote a rather long review of the book for Mystery
News. It's much more than a biography, although it does an
excellent job of that. It's also a pretty good compendium of
criticism of his work, as well as his relationships with
other American expatriate writers in France. And let's not
forget Himes's sexual life and his preference for white
women. I enjoyed the book thoroughly and gave it the highest
rating.
Cheers, Frank Denton
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