At 08:56 AM 12/29/2005, you wrote:
>Juri,
>
>Re your message below:
>
> > At the moment I'm reading James Michael
Ullman's THE
> > NEON HAYSTACK (1963). Anyone read it? It was
a
>hardback > originally and I believe it won
a
>contest of
> > some sort (perhaps Edgar for the best first
novel?).
>
>Ir was nominated for best 1st of 1963 but lost
to
>Cornelius Hirschberg's FLORENTINE FINISH,
>sort-of-private-eye novel featuring Saul
Handy,
>Chicago PI-turned-NYC-diamond-salesman.
>
>Hirschberg was even more of a one-hit wonder
than
>Ullman. FINISH was his only book, AFAIK.
>
>That might also be a good MYSTERY FILE article.
1st
>novel Edgar winners who were never heard from
again.
>
>JIM DOHERTY
Jim
Like minds (both brilliant, I presume) travel in the same
alleys. When I looked up Ullman and found Hirschberg, I was
thinking the same thing. Winning an Edgar is no sure fire
road to success. I seem to remember an article along this
same line, somewhere, but even if there was, another one
would be welcome.
Somebody's got to write it, though.
Best
Steve
www.mysteryfile.com
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