----- Original Message ----- From: "Robison Michael R CNIN"
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Robison_M@crane.navy.mil>
> Incidentally, Al, you'll be proud to hear that I
finally
> broke loose from the only-new-authors vow and dug
into
> West's DAY OF THE LOCUST right after reading MISS
LONELY-
> HEARTS. So my string stopped at 27 new authors in a
row.
> Knee-deep in the mud, the blood, and the beer, it
was a
> stunning tour of some of greatest authors and some
of the
> meanest, nastiest characters ever. Here's a list of
the
> authors:
>
> Iceberg Slim Gores Gresham Rankin
> James Cain McCoy Ed Anderson Spillane
> Fearing Crumley Westlake Goodis
> Himes Rabe Leonard Raymond
> Crews Woolrich Faulkner Daly
> Chavarria Burnett Gardner O'Hara
> West Paul Cain Whitfield
>
> Looking at this list begs the question, "Well what
the
> hell had you ever read before that was hardboiled?"
The
> answer, of course, is, "Uh... not much!"
;-)
I'm just impressed that you've read all these guys. I
certainly haven't and I doubt if anyone else on the list has.
Your challenge, should you wish to accept it, is to place
them in order! And I'm interested, Mike: West is one of the
four I haven't read that I'd most like to. What did you think
of MISS LONELYHEARTS?
Al
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