I agree re: HARDBOILED AMERICA. Great write-up on Charles Williams and history of PBOs.
Ed Lynskey
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> From: J.C. Hocking <jchocking@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Non Fiction about Crime Fiction
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 7:55 PM
> I have to say, have you read Geofffrey O'Brien's
> HARDBOILED AMERICA?
> If I start trying to tell you how good it is I'll be
> writing this post for another couple hours at least.
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> John Hocking
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> From: Nathan Cain <IndieCrime@gmail.com>
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Non Fiction about Crime Fiction
> To: "rara-avis-l"
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> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 6:46 PM
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> What works of criticism, history or biography would you
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> on crime fiction, particularly 20th Century American crime
> fiction?
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