Once again, I slip out of lurkdom to pick the brains of my
fellow Rara-Avians. I'm working on a history of bank robbery
in America for Alpha Books (titled THIS HERE'S A STICK-UP),
and I'm including a short chapter on fiction's preeminent
heister, Parker--as well as his lesser-known cousin, Earl
Drake.
I'm also putting together a sidebar listing hardboiled books
that involve bank heists. Here's what I've come up with so
far:
Blood Money, by Dashiell Hammett. The Big Caper, by Lionel
White The Getaway, by Jim Thompson The Devil Wears Wings, by
Harry Whittington The Out is Death, and One Endless Hour by
Dan J. Marlowe Bank Shot, by Donald Westlake (not exactly HB,
but I'll take it) Roses are Red, by James Patterson The
Judgement of Deke Hunter, by George V. Higgins Out of Sight,
by Elmore Leonard
Can anyone recall any others?
Best,
Duane Swierczynski
duane.swier@verizon.net
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