----- Original Message ----- From: "GERLACH, Steven" <
steven.gerlach@smavic.com.au>
> A new (old?) range of Hank Janson pulps are being
released this year by a
UK
> publisher in hardback form. They sure look like an
interesting collection
to me, but I've never read or
> heard of Hank Janson. Can anyone give me their views
on whether he's well
> worth the read?
There used to be more information than you ever wanted to
know at www.hankjanson.org.uk but it would appear that the
account has been suspended and the website no longer exists.
Beginning in the mid-forties, Hank Janson (pen name of
Stephen Frances), along with Ben Sarto (Frank Dubrez Fawcett)
and Darcy Glinto (Harold Kelly) wrote imitative gangster
novels to exploit the mass market created by US hardboiled
writers. Janson was extraordinarily prolific, so I've no
excuse for not having yet read any of his books. Thanks for
the link. Prion were supposed to be reissuing a few of them
last year, but they seem to have passed on the
opportunity.
Al
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