Thanks again guys for your advice and warm welcomes. I'll add
those names to the list. I'm goin to start wading through the
archives now!
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, BaxDeal@a... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 10/2/05 10:06:44 AM,
clinton65@c... 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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