In a message dated 5/14/06 6:05:00 PM,
miker_zspider@yahoo.com writes:
> Mattias wrote:
>
> The ones who blew me off the road with their
stories
> and writing have been Thompson, Willeford and
Ellroy.
>
> **************
> Well, it don't get much better than that. A
belated
> welcome to you.
>
> I would recommend Cain's Postman, Gresham's
Nightmare
> Alley, and Anderson's Thieves Like Us. I think
that
> all three of these are available in one volume,
too,
> if you are interested. Those are noirs.
If you are
> interested in the hardboiled detective,
Hammett's
> Maltese Falcon and Chandler's The Big Sleep
are
> considered classic for a damned good reason.
Of
> course, you've heard all this before if you've
been
> reading the list for two years. But it's
always worth
> repeating.
>
Kent Harrington's Dia De Los Muertos James Crumley's The Last
Good Kiss
John Lau
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