Re: RARA-AVIS: The Hard-Boiled Classics

From: jacquesdebierue (jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com)
Date: 10 Jan 2009

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    --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Vorzimmer" <jvorzimmer@...> wrote:

    > You might want to consider adding Horace McCoy to the list of must
    read hardboiled novelist from the early period of the genre, oh, and, W. R. Burnett. And Cornell Woolrich really belongs to that period as well. His career, like Cain's lasted into the 60s.
    >

    Burnett is largely forgotten these days, but I still like his books. They have a raw earthiness that I find appealing. And obviously, his stuff filmed well... The last one I reread was High Sierra, but I still have a bunch I haven't read, including his last book, Goodbye, Chicago.

    Best,

    mrt



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