Just finished Burnett's LITTLE CAESAR. I guess it was the
first hardboiled gangster novel, inspiring a bunch of
gangster films. The New York Times Book Review said, "An
unusually good story, full of sharp, objective obser-
vation... you are constantly interested, amused, and
excited." The most positive thing I can say about it is that
it was short. For the most part, I thought it was a crummy
little book about crummy little people.
miker
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