Al Guthrie
> A challenge? The Fifties PBO explosion makes finding
new authors a stroll
> in the park. It's hard to remember who you have and
haven't read, but here
> are a few of my favourites from that decade that, as
best I can remember,
> you've yet to enjoy.
*************** Thanks for the recommendations, Al! Just what
I needed. I haven't gone wrong with any of your suggestions.
The list that comes from the back of O'Brien's is not the
most dependable. It's impossible to tell whether what's there
is hardboiled/noir or not. I've got a few of those books you
listed but I haven't read a single one. Got one by Algren and
one by Brown and I guess I'll be moving into the
Fifities.
I was wondering about Ira Levin's KISS BEFORE DYING. He wrote
ROSEMARY'S BABY, and I've seen the movie and it seems quite a
bit removed from hardboiled.
I just finished Kersh's PRELUDE TO A CERTAIN MIDNIGHT. It was
pretty bizarre. It reminded me a lot of Nathanael West's
work.
miker
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