In a message dated 10/2/05 10:06:44 AM,
clinton65@comcast.net writes:
> Another route you may want to pursue is the one that
several of us,
> including myself, had as our first introduction to
classic noir: the Black
> Lizard pb's that were published in the '80's.
Here is a list of their
> releases; keep in mind several of these never
actually made it to
> publication (case in point: the Lansdale and Chaze
books), but the
> overwhelming majority of those listed did and are
readily available through
> such sites as ABE, eBay, etc.. My personal
picks would include the books by
> Goodis, Marlowe, Williams, Whittington, Cain,
Thompson and Willeford. FWIW,
> Gil Brewer, who was not part of the Black Lizard
lineup, is also a personal
> favorite of mine.
>
in addition to the afore-mentioned, Raymond Chandler,
Dashiell Hammett, Ross McDonald, John D. MacDonald, Donald
Hamilton and even Mickey Spillane are all pretty much the
baseline of required reading. after that, try some Elmore
Leonard, James Ellroy, Lawrence Block, Robert Parker, Michael
Connelly, T Jefferson Parker, Robert Crais. neo-noirists
Jason Starr, Vicki Hendricks and Kent Harrington get a lot of
discussion here, for good reason. (and it's not because
they're also participants, as is the very entertaining
Terrill Lankford)
you also can't go wrong with the very literate Ross
Thomas and Walter Mosley or the prolific Donald Westlake.
many consider James Crumley's The Last Good Kiss one of the
finest detective novels ever written
we'll expect written book reports
John Lau
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