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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@y...> wrote:
> I was in the Dollar store a few days ago and saw
a
> title that I've seen mentioned here and only one
other
> place, WHAT MAKES SAMMY RUN? I opened it up and if
I
> recall correctly, it was copyrighted in 1950.
What's
> the story on this book? Is it any good? I
can't
> remember the author's name, but I wasn't familiar
with
> him either. This book was also referred to in one
of
> the essays in TOUGH GUY WRITERS OF THE
THIRTIES.
Weird, my wife's reading What Makes Sammy Run as we speak, or
as I type (literally). I read it this past summer. Budd
Schulberg is the author's name, and I really liked the novel
-- it's got an HB vibe, though there's no crime or mystery.
The narrator has an 40s- newspaperman way of talking. It's a
legendary "hollywood" novel, though strangely I don't think
it's ever been turned into a movie (though I recall that
someone famous has the rights ... information ... getting
hazy).
Michael Sharp
>
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