Re: RARA-AVIS: James O. Causey

From: Mark R. Harris (brokerharris@gmail.com)
Date: 09 Aug 2008

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    Maybe a natural for Hard Case?

    On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Jeff Vorzimmer <jvorzimmer@austin.rr.com>wrote:

    > > Causey wrote me in his later years and asked if I could help him get
    > his
    > > books back in print at Black Lizard. I liked his work, esp. The Baby Doll
    >
    > > Murders.
    > > I was in the process of pitching him to Barry Gifford when the line was
    > > sold
    > > to Vintage Black Lizard. Their interest were mostly in Jim Thompson and
    > > David
    > > Goodis. Lesser lights had no room there. I much preferred Barry's list
    > > with
    > > Whittington and Dan Marlowe and Bill Pronzini and of course Peter Rabe
    > > etc.
    >
    > Barry Gifford had intended to print The Baby Doll Murders and Frenzy but
    > then sold out to Vintage. They were titles for which he had applied for and
    >
    > received ISBN numbers. The Wikipedia entry for Black Lizard has them,
    > erroneously, as being published. Stanford also has files on them in their
    > Gifford Collection.
    >
    > Jeff
    >
    >
    >

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