JIM DOHERTY wrote:
> If you've never read Prather, they're kind of hard
to
> describe. Think of Shell Scott as Mike Hammer with
a
> whacky sense of humor and a sunny
disposition,
> transplanted from the noir-ish concrete canyons
of
> Manhattan to sunshiney Southern
California.
*********** Thanks, Jim. I remember Mario saying something
about Prather not being too serious about it all. That made
me think of Latimer. Remembering Bill Crider's fondness for
ebay, I went there and bid on a few Prather and Spillane
novels.
miker
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