>
> A guy called Jaakko* posts pieces of Italian fumetti
on the Groovy
Age of
> Horror blog. They are mostly on the absurd site,
though:
Thanks to everyone for for all the suggestions. They are much
appreciated.
Strangely enough it was Groovy Age of Horror that turned me
onto this newsgroup in the first place. And also got me back
to hardboiled fiction once again. When I was a kid (I'm in my
early 30's) I would read Wambaugh, McBain and Robert Bloch.
But when I got to university I thought, like a schmuck, that
that stuff was strictly `guilty pleasure' material. I know
better now. Honest.
And as for Edgar Wallace-I've tried reading his stuff. And
while I acknowledge that it's more offbeat that much of what
passed for mystery fiction of his time it's a little too old
school English mystery for my taste. No offence to anyone for
the suggestion, I understand that he had a big influence on
giallo filmmakers but it's rather like being recommended
Agatha Christie or Conan Doyle
(legitimate recommendations) when you've read Chandler and
Hammett and want `something like that'. In other words you're
looking for Peter Rabe or Jim Thompson but just don't know
it.
I guess the hunt goes on for literary giallo. Nice to see
that there are so many of you out there with a varied
interest in crime fiction.
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