RARA-AVIS: Re: Dirty Snow by Simenon

From: grbc74 (gbaeza@gmail.com)
Date: 09 Jan 2010

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    Here's a good article on Simenon's "roman durs", the more hardcore, non-Maigret novels he wrote:

    http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070507/roth

    -Gonzalo

    --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@...> wrote:
    >
    > Thanks, Jon.
    >
    > I found following:
    >
    > http://www.nybooks.com/nyrb/book-search?q=simenon
    >
    > As long as the books hold up to "Dirty Snow", I'm planning to start with The Man Who Watched Trains Go By and work myself down this page.
    >
    > --Dave
    >
    >
    >
    > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "New Pulp Press" <bassoffj@> wrote:
    > >
    > > Check out The Man Who Watched Trains Go By. Maybe more chilling than Dirty Snow. The Widow is also very good.
    > >
    > > Jon Bassoff
    > > New Pulp Press
    > >
    > > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@> wrote:
    > > >
    > > > Following the recommendation from several here I picked up this book. Really a fascinating read--more Albert Camus than Jim Thompson, but still really quite something in the way Frank his handled, both in his callous cruelty and in his inevitable destiny. Any other similar-minded Simenon books folks can recommend?
    > > >
    > > > --Dave
    > > >
    > >
    >



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