Here's Ellroy's new book reviewed by an idiot at Salon:
http://www.salon.com/books/review/2001/06/13/ellroy/print.html
It features such gems as: "Fans of crime thrillers would have
complained that AMERICAN TABLOID was nearly as impenetrable
as ULYSSES--that is, if fans of crime thrillers had known
what ULYSSES is" and "If Ellroy wants to ditch the genre
label, it might be time for him to ditch the territory. I
mean, fuck being a crime novelist if you can be a flat-out
great novelist." It's one of the stupidest book reviews I've
read in a long time.
There's also an AP wire story by one Hillel Italie going
around about Mickey Spillane and how he's not dead yet. I
can't give a direct URL but if you go to
and search on "spillane" it'll be the only link. That'll work
for a week. He's 83 now, and still going strong. The first
three Hammer books are coming out in an ombibus edition
soon--all his stuff is currently out of print.
Bill
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