Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Writers who have "disappeared" from the public eye

From: Jeff Vorzimmer ( jvorzimmer@austin.rr.com)
Date: 06 May 2008


> Ah, yes. That P.I. would be Vic Daniel, whom I always sorta of as a
> Shell Scott for the nineties. Although he wore his big crazy heart on
> his sleeve, he shared an attitude that went straight back through
> Scott to Bellem's Dan Turner and Latimer's Bill Crane, and if his
> adventures don't always quite achieve the lighthearted zaniness (and
> old Testament-style justice) of some of his glorious predescessors,
> well, they came awful close at times.

That sounds like Big Dave Pierce himself, to a T. I didn't realize there were six novels, though. Are you sure? I know there's another writer named David M. Pierce. Did you actually read all six, Kevin?

Jeff



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