Re: R: RARA-AVIS: Some pre-Lew Archer?

From: Brian Thornton ( tieresias@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 17 Nov 2002


Boy, is Moving Target a GOOD book. Thanks for reminding me!

Brian

At 08:43 PM 11/16/02 +0100, you wrote:
>There are four pre-1953 Lew Archer novels: The Moving Target (1949), The
>Drowning Pool (1950), The Way Some People Die (1951), The Ivory Grin
>(1952).
>
>Anyway, Meet Me at the Morgue is quite good.
>
>Since when is Ross Macdonald off topic? :-)
>
>Best, Luca
>
>Luca Conti
>
> luca.conti8@tin.it
>
>
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> > -----Messaggio originale-----
> > Da: owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca
> > [mailto: owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca] Per conto di Ed Lynskey
> > Inviato: sabato 16 novembre 2002 20.22
> > A: rara-avis@icomm.ca
> > Oggetto: RARA-AVIS: Some pre-Lew Archer?
> >
> >
> > I picked up a short novel by Ross MacDonald
> > titled MEET ME AT THE MORGUE. The first few
> > pages have read well. With a 1953 pub date,
> > I'm guessing it's pre-Lew Archer. Still, the
> > prose has his clean, exact quality. Has anyone
> > read this and is it regarded as a proving ground
> > for the Archer novels?
> >
> > Not to get off topic, though. I have Hammett's
> > THE BIG KNOCKOVER on deck.
> >
> > Ed Lynskey
> >
> >
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