Rene Ribic wrote:
> The most exciting find is a Pan edition from 1961 of
"Solomon's
> Vineyard" which I think may be the first
unexpurgated edition, or at
> least the first pb edition. Does someone out there
know?
Great book. International Polygonics, Lt. (IPL) brought out a
nice unexpergated edition in 1988, the first American trade
edition, with an introduction by William L. DeAndrea in which
he calls it "one of the Great Missing Novels in the history
of American Mystery Fiction." Despite his fondness for Upper
Case, he's right. You'll love it. Also see if you can find
Latimer's earlier wiseinhimer Bill Crane novels. They're a
gas.
> "Mad River"; "Line of Fire"; "The Intriguers" by
Donald Hamilton.
Good stuff. "Line of Fire" is possibly Hamilton's best novel,
which makes it very good indeed.
> "Space for Hire" by William F Nolan.
A SF HB parody. Some may like it. I found it tiresome.
> "Two for Tanner" by Lawrence Block.
I've always enjoyed the Tanner series. "Tanner's Twelve
Swingers" and "The Cancelled Czech" are probably the
best..
> "The Hard-Boiled Detective" ed Herbert
Ruhm.
One of the best HB anthologies.
> "Such Men Are Dangerous" by Lawrence Block (bought
this one new).
Block in a serious vein, and one of his best.
> "Bordersnakes" by James Crumley
All of Crumley's books are hilarious, brilliant and obscene.
I'd rate this the best of your current bunch. But I'd go back
and read Crumley's earlier books first, in order: "The Wrong
Case," "The Last Good Kiss," "Dancing Bear," and "The Mexican
Tree Duck," to get some perspective on Milo and Sughrue, the
Bad Ole Boys who star in "Bordersnakes."
BobT
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