Re: Hollywood noir (was Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: WHACKED by Jules Asner)

From: Nathan Cain (IndieCrime@gmail.com)
Date: 10 Jul 2008

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     Spiderweb, the flipside of Star in the Hard Case double reprint was a much better novel, and also dealt with Hollywood.

    On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 5:16 AM, ssshapir <ssshapir@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > I've recommended it before on a similar thread but I don't mind doing
    > it again -- George Axelrod's Blackmailer published by Hard Case is a
    > fantastic Hollywood noir set in the 50's with characters that remind
    > you of Monroe, Hemingway and Capote. It's a poisoned love letter to
    > Hollywood. Axelrod wrote the screenplay for the Manchurian Candidate,
    > incidentally.
    >
    > Also recently read 'Shooting Star' by Robert Bloch. Counts as
    > Hollywood noir but is pretty blah. Still there is enough of Bloch's
    > humour to please his fans.
    >
    >



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