Sandra Hess wrote: > > Happy to join this growing list. I've been a fan of hardboiled writing for > several years. Not sure how my fave authors rank according to your > standards, but I'm a big fan of Jim Thompson, David Goodis, Dashielle > Hammett, Raymond Chandler (just completed the book of his letters), Andrew > Vachss, and Lawrence Block. > > During a recent internet search I came up with an article about Eugene Izzi > having hung himself. Vachss mentioned his work as being a favorite of his. I > had never heard of Eugene Izzi...so, natch, I'm curious. Anybody know > anything about him? > > Like the owner of this list, I'm hung up on gangster lingo and collect > dictionaries of same. Anyone have anything along those lines they're ready > to let go of, I'd love to hear from you. > > Best, > > Sandra Hess > shess@sirius.com > who lives on a not so mean street of San Francisco > > - > # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" > # to majordomo@icomm.ca There was a lot on Izzi on Dorothy-L <dorothyl@listserv.kent.edu> David Skene-Melvin - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca