RARA-AVIS: Re: Frank Gruber's Johnny Fletcher

From: lewis1574 ( stevelewis62@cox.net)
Date: 06 Jun 2006


--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Ed Lynskey <e_lynskey@...> wrote:
>
> There's been recent discussion of Frank Gruber and in the
> rara-avis archives. I finished reading his short, fast-paced
> _Swing Low, Swing Dead_ Johnny Fletcher mystery and liked it.
> Gruber has a colloquial, breezy pulp prose style. Fletcher's
> wrestling sidekick, Sam Cragg, adds to the fun. This plot
> concerns a purloined rock-and-roll song titled "Apple Taffy".
> My paperback is a Belmont PBO without a publication date
> included. Anybody have any idea (1960s)?
>
> Ed Lynskey
>

Ed

You're right. The book's a paperback original from 1964. The funny thing is, I've had my copy of the book ever since then -- I bought mine new -- and it never dawned on me that it was a paperback original until you mentioned it. And from your dandy description, it also occurs to me that maybe it's time for me to sit down and actually read it.

                          Best

                            Steve

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