R: RARA-AVIS: Australian hardboiled ?

From: Luca Conti ( luca.conti@spacespa.it)
Date: 19 Mar 2003


As far as I know, most of Marshall's books (the Yellowthread series) take place in Hong Kong. The ones I have read (Thin Air, in particular) are very well done.

Peter Corris has written many novels, most in the Cliff Hardy series. I enjoyed Beware of the Dog, The Greenwich Apartments, The Dying Trade, Deal Me Out.

Re Bant Singer, I have only been able to find the Italian translations (from the Fifties) of three of his novels. Not bad at all, but at that time many Italian translations of hardboiled novels were severely edited (for "public decency" matters...), so I guess I might be missing something :-)

Best, Luca

-----Messaggio originale----- Da: owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca [mailto: owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca] Per conto di Robison Michael R CNIN Inviato: mercoledì ±9 marzo 2003 14.14 A: ' rara-avis@icomm.ca' Oggetto: RE: RARA-AVIS: Australian hardboiled ?

Luca Conti wrote:

I'd suggest also Peter Corris, William Marshall, Bant Singer. Years ago I also read a book by a mysterious "John Godwin" (Requiem for a Rat, 1963), which was very good.
 
*********** Thanks, Luca. Are there any particular titles by those authors that stand out?

miker

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