Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Peter Rabe

From: Ed Lynskey (e_lynskey@yahoo.com)
Date: 04 Sep 2009

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    The Box is from Stark House, I believe. I have it at home, read it some time back, and posted on it. Satisfying read.

    Ed

    --- On Fri, 9/4/09, jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:

    > From: jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com>
    > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Peter Rabe
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 2:57 PM
    > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com,
    > "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@...> wrote:
    > >
    > > I recently started reading Rabe also, two of his
    > Daniel Port books that the old Black Lizard reprinted, Dig
    > My Grave Deep & The Out is Death. I enjoyed both of
    > them. The writing seemed like a mix of Hammett and Paul
    > Cain, and both were solid Gold Medals, each under 150 pages,
    > nothing bloated with either of them! The bookseller who gave
    > me these strongly recommended "Kill the Boss Good-bye", so
    > that's the next one I'll be looking for. HE also gave me a
    > couple of Howard Browne crime novels, which I'll be reading
    > soon.
    > >
    >
    > He does hardboiled very well -- and he is also a fine
    > humorist. Good combination of talents, not necessarily in
    > the same books, obviously. I have a very good memory of
    > _Kill the Boss Good-bye_, great read.  Another great
    > one is _The Box_. This one may be in print.
    >
    > Best,
    >
    > mrt
    >
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