RARA-AVIS: Some questions and ephemera

From: Juri Nummelin ( juri.nummelin@pp.inet.fi)
Date: 21 Dec 2007


Every time Ted Lewis comes up, I remember a novel I picked up some time ago: Reg Gladney's SOMETHING WORTH FIGHTING FOR from 1974. I have a Panther paperback, but it seems it was a Heinemann hardback first. The book really feels like something Ted Lewis might've written. The backpage copy says:
"Extortionist. That's what Klovoski is. And dope-pedlar, racketeer, vice-king - a very nasty piece of work." Has anyone read this or anything else by Gladney?

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Dorothy Hughes: I didn't like IN A LONELY PLACE, but I liked RIDE THE PINK HORSE. It's noir and also hardboiled, which is a mix not very common with female writers.

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Huston's FAT CITY is one of his best films.

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An author I haven't liked even though I have tried:

Daniel Woodrell

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I think I'll be doing a sleaze report before starting the Christmas celebrations.

Juri



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