While visiting Amsterdam last week I found an excellent
English language used book store Book Exchange that has a
healthy mystery section. There I found a copy of JANA by
David Veronese published by Serpent's Tail in their Mask Noir
series. It looks very promising as it opens in Amsterdam, a
great locale for a noir story. Any opinions out there?
For reasons unknown I dropped off the rara list on August 2nd
and only resubscribed when I returned to the US yesterday.
Sorry I missed most of the discussion of actors portraying
Philip Marlowe. I suppose Mitchum would edge Bogart as my
favorite. It did remind me of seeing James Garner's "Marlowe"
in Vietnam in 1970. Movies were sent over to entertain the
troops and a projector and screen setup outdoors. Most of the
two or three dozen guys watching the movie were drunk or
stoned. Apparently so was the projectionist, as he switched
reels and the ending played in the middle and the middle
became the ending. Not knowing this, we were all trying to
sort it out and people were yelling at the screen and each
other. I had read the book but should never have let that be
known as they wanted me to explain the plot and that wasn't
possible given my hazy memory and condition. I haven't seen
that movie since. It could never equal that first surreal
viewing.
Richard Moore
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