Larry,
Re your question below:
> Other than Little Caesar, Asphalt Jungle and
Goodbye
> Chicago, what other
> novels has he written?
In keeping with the month's theme, it should be pointed out
that Burnett wrote at least two Gold Medals. The first, under
his own name, was a western entitled STRETCH DAWSON, which I
believe was filmed as YELLOW SKY (or maybe the book was a
novelization of YELLOW SKY; this isn't clear from what I've
been able to find out).
The second, BIG STAN, under the pseudonym of "John Monohan,"
was a gritty urban cop novel, and might be described as the
fourth novel in his "City Trilogy."
"The City Trilogy" of which ASPHALT JUNGLE is the first
entry, follwed by LITTLE MEN - BIG WORLD and VANITY ROW, were
all set in the same unnamed Midwestern metroplis. Some say
the city was a fcitionalized Chicago. Kathy Harper thought it
was either Toledo or Youngstown (Burnett's home state was
Ohio). In any case, BIG STAN seems to be set in the same
city. Exactly why it was published as a PBO under a pen name,
instead of a hardback as the official fourth entry in what
would then be A "City Tetralogy" is unknown.
I may have more to say about BIG STAN later.
JIM DOHERTY
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