On 11 December 2001, George Pelecanos wrote:
: A guilty pleasure and personal favorite is WASHINGTON
CONFIDENTIAL, a
: tattler-style look at post-war (the Big One) D.C. For it's
style and
: slang alone, this one's an authentic treat for hardboiled
aficionados.
I have NEW YORK: CONFIDENTIAL! THE LOWDOWN ON ITS BRIGHT
LIFE, by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer (probably most famous now
for being punched out by Sinatra). It's a 1951 Dell mapback,
and mentions volumes on Chicago and Washington. I bet most
folks on the list would get a kick out of this series. They
don't make 'em like that any more, and in Toronto the Good,
they never did.
I also have L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, but that's different.
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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