UK list people may well have seen yesterday's Guardian which
has an article on LA fiction by former Duncan Campbell, who
before becoming US corespondent was the paper's crime
corespondent. Try www.guardian.co.uk but I am not sure how
much of the paper goes on-line so if anyone wants me to I can
praecie it for you, a resurgence in LA novels is the main
theme, tagged on the release of 6 LA novels this summer. He
refers to an LA Times list of LA novels that I am sure will
prove of interest and provoke a lot of debate - The Black
Dahlia, The Big Sleep, Farewell My Lovely, They Shoot Horses,
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye and If He Hollers leap out of Campbells
summary of the most cited books on the list. I have
relatively recently read and enjoyed; Westsiders, Stories of
Boys in the Hood, a non-fiction book on LA hip hop hopefulls
an interesting addition to my continuing LA education.
Completely off the subject Come Die With Me, Hammer with
Pammy as Velda, happens to be on telly tonight in the UK, if
I am awake I'll have a look as I remember the discussion of
it on here. I shot the shit, but I didn't shoot the deputy
shit. Yrs, never knowing when to let a joke die Colin
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