----- Original Message ----- From: "Buzz" <
BuzzMeeks@attbi.com>
> I'm just curious what long-out-of-prints books list
members would love to
> see reprinted? Certainly there has to be a bountiful
group of deserving
> candidates. Personally, I'd like to see Elliot
Chaze' "Black Wings Has My
> Angel" and the book "Detour" by Martin Goldsmith.
(am I right in assuming
> this is the book the cult classic flick is based
on?) Like Rene said, it
> would also be nice to see Willeford's "The Black
Mass of Brother Springer"
> re-issued, because although Black Lizard did it in
the '80's, it's
virtually
> impossible to find for less than sixty
bucks.
Buzz, you'll be sorry you asked. I'd like to see all James
Cain, David Goodis, John D MacDonald, Jim Thompson, Charles
Willeford and Cornell Woolrich in print. A short time ago I
compiled a list of my favourite out of print (in the UK) HB
classics. I've omitted the authors mentioned above, for the
reason mentioned above. The following are titles I've read
recently that I consider exceptional. On the extremely
unlikely off-chance that an interested publisher is reading
this, I have a copy of all the texts.
Edward S Aarons ASSIGNMENT - TREASON Malcolm Braly FELONY
TANK Gil Brewer 13 FRENCH STREET W R Burnett LITTLE CAESAR
Paul Cain FAST ONE Thomas B Dewey A SAD SONG SINGING Bruno
Fischer FOOLS WALK IN Donald Hamilton DEATH OF A CITIZEN Day
Keene TO KISS OR KILL Day Keene SLEEP WITH THE DEVIL Day
Keene HOME IS THE SAILOR Gerald Kersh PRELUDE TO A CERTAIN
MIDNIGHT Dan Marlowe DOORWAY TO DEATH Dan Marlowe THE NAME OF
THE GAME IS DEATH Richard Marsten BIG MAN William McGivern
THE BIG HEAT James McKimmey CORNERED! James McKimmey THE LONG
RIDE Wade Miller GUILTY BYSTANDER Vin Packer THE DAMNATION OF
ADAM BLESSING Richard S Prather TAKE A MURDER DARLING Peter
Rabe BRING ME ANOTHER CORPSE Peter Rabe THE BOX Mickey
Spillane I, THE JURY Mickey Spillane KISS ME, DEADLY Donald
Westlake THE MERCENARIES Lionel White THE MONEY TRAP Harry
Whittington WEB OF MURDER Charles Williams HELL HATH NO FURY
Charles Williams SCORPION REEF Charles Williams AGROUND
Charles Williams DEAD CALM
Al Guthrie
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