when i joined the group a few days ago i figured i knew a
little about hb lit. after reading a few posts i realized i
knew very little. i'm pretty much of a
bestseller-from-the-last-10-years reader, so watching all the
titles and authors mentioned here has been an eye opener. so
i'm ready to dive in.
here's a tentative order from amazon:
maltese falcon, thin man, red harvest shame the devil, sweet
forever burnt orange heresy cotton comes to harlem deep blue
good-by big sleep, farewell my lovely killer inside me
there was a feature where i could save the cart items for a
few days, so i figured i'd ask for comments and other
recommendations first. with the exception of willeford's
_heresy_, i tried to concentrate on writers that were
mentioned repeatedly as being good. there's a trilogy of
spillane coming out in june that has _i, the jury_ in it. the
hammet and chandler volumes came with multiple titles. in
particular, i'd like to know if there are any
i should read before the above list.
one note: one poster mentioned he liked the feel of the old
yellowed cracked pages. i can't do that. hurts my 46 year old
eyes. just about gotta be new or close to new for me to read
em. i realize that cuts me off from a lot... nothing by
charles williams in print (i know it was mentioned several
times in the group but it never hurts to look.).
thank you, miker
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