Oh, and I hope your girlfriend worships at the altar of the book Jesus' Son, not the life it and the song its title is taken from chronicle.
Mark
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> From: davidcorbettauthor@gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 09:13:37 -0700
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Query for the Choir: Ed McBain, John D. MacDonald, Lawrence Bloc
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> Mark Sullivan wrote:
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> Might I suggest Angels by Denis Johnson? Or his Jesus' Son (though it's not a crime novel)? I'd also recommend one of Manchette's novels. Something by Reed Ferrell Coleman. And no Chandler or Hammett? What's up with that?
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> These are great ideas. Angels was one of those books -- the others being Dog Soldiers, God's Pocket, The Long Goodbye and Double Indemnity -- that probably had more influence on me than any others. I like a lot of books, but these formed me as a writer.
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> Which begs the question: Why no Chandler? Because I'm a bonehead. Jeez. Thanks for pointing out the obvious to the numbskull.
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> And yes, I should pick up Reed and I too liked Manchette's Prone Gunman, which got some ink today.
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> Thanks, big time.
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> Oh, and btw: My girlfriend worships at the altar of Jesus' Son, so to speak.
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> David Corbett
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