Hi All-- Can anyone provide a news link for this report? I'd
like to notify BluePlace subscribers about Hansen's death,
but google turns up nothing.
Metta, Ivan
Susan Evans Shaw wrote:
>
> I too am saddened to read about the passing of
Joseph Hansen. I vividly remember the special atmosphere of
each of his Brandstetter novels although I haven't gone back
to them in many years. Hack Bohannon I never heard about. Are
they still in print?
>
> Susan Evans Shaw
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Moore
> To:
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> Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 10:04
PM
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: RIP Joseph Hansen
>
> Jim, I completely agree with your praise for Joseph
Hansen's Dave
> Brandstetter novels. They were excellent PI novels,
period.
> Brandstetter came across to me as a very human
character as Hansen
> did such a good job with his personal life and the
various boyfriends
> who came went in the series. I also enjoyed his
series featuring ex-
> sheriff Hack Bohannon.
>
> Checking just now I see he was 81 in July. He
wasn't, IIRC, a
> regular at mystery conventions although I met him
once at one of the
> California Bouchercons a decade or so ago. I am
sorry to hear of his
> death.
>
> Richard Moore
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@y...>
> wrote:
> > I just heard that Joseph Hansen passed
away.
> >
> > Very few people since Hammett and Chandler and
have
> > brought something truly new to the hard-boiled
PI
> > story, but Hansen is certainly one of those
few.
> >
> > His novels and stories about gay insurance
detective
> > Dave Brandstetter were praised for
being
> > ground-breaking, but, aside from that, they
were just
> > damned good PI stories.
Well-written,
> > well-characterized, well-plotted.
> >
> > He'll be missed.
> >
> > JIM DOHERTY
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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