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> A while back James Reasoner mentioned De Rosso as a
western
> writer who might be of interest. I read a De Rosso
book and
> liked it enough to read another one, which I just
finished.
> 44 is a terrific noir western, just about as dark as
they
> come, and I recommend it to anyone who'd like to see
how
> westerns and noir mix. My copy is an old Lion Book
from the
> early 1950s, but I believe this title was reprinted
by
> Leisure Books not so long ago.
I haven't had the pleasure of reading them all, but Ed
Gorman's Five-Star publishing firm has put out two or three
collections of his short stories
(and I think Leisure has reprinted at least one in
paperback), and what I've read has been terrific, very
noir'ish stuff dressed up in boots and spurs. Someone --
might've been Bill Pronzini or suspense author Tom Piccrilli
-- called him the Cornell Woolrich of the western genre.
Pretty apt label, I think.
Ron Clinton
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