I'd second Doug's plug for 1001 MIDNIGHTS for mining ideas on
some great older reads. I've also used Barzun's A CATALOGUE
OF CRIME and William De Andrea's ENCYCLOPEDIA MYSTERIOSA for
fast references.
Ed
--- Doug Bassett <
dj_bassett@yahoo.com> wrote:
> there's also some great stuff in
> Pronzini's 1001 MIDNIGHTS, coverage of now
fairly
> obscure pb writers like Ennis Willie, Jay Flynn,
etc.
>
> --- William Denton <
wtd@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > A question for Mr. Robison before the month
ends:
> > If someone wanted to
> > buy one (or two) books about hardboiled and
noir,
> > and was looking for
> > background, criticism, history,
interpretation,
> > opinion, etc., what would
> > you recommend?
> >
> > Frank Gruber's PULP JUNGLE sounds like a good
one to
> > start with. I
> > mentioned Geoffrey O'Brien's HARDBOILED AMERICA
a
> > minute ago, but it's out
> > of date now. How about THE BIG BOOK OF NOIR?
Paul
> > Duncan's little NOIR
> > FICTION?
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