Glad to see Mario back too. I had begun to suspect foul play.
It just so happens that I was just finishing reading a book
by a writer that he recommended: William Campbell Gault:
"Vein of Violence," 1961; Brock "the Rock" Callahan is the
PI. Interesting, but not great. First, for all of Callahan's
toughness (an ex-pro football player), the novel is something
of a parlor room thing of detection (someone murdered with
poison at a party, etc.). This novel also seemed to wear its
issues (or what are now more visible as issues) more heavily
than "Day of the Ram" (which I guess it is fair to say is the
most well-known Brock Callahan book): (1) It deals with
abortion; (2) homosexuality is a sign of evil (and not a
red-herring of evil). At one point, the police consider
holding a suspect for his sexuality
(on a morality charge). Callahan comes off a little
sanctimonious. What are the better Gault's? What are the Joe
Puma novels about (and were they reprinted recently)?
Doug
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