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Re: RARA-AVIS: Two questions and a comment. 

Pronzini and Adrian's Hard-Boiled contains (in order):

"The Scorched Face" by Hammett
"Round Trip" by W.R. Burnett
"Mistral" by Whitfield
"Backwash" by Nebel
"Trouble-Chaser" by P. Cain
"Fruit Tramp" by Daniel Mainwaring
"Brush Fire" by J. Cain
"Human Interest Stuff" by Halliday
"Waiting for Rusty" by William Cole
"I'll be Waiting" by Chandler
"Marijana and a Pistol" by Himes
"Who Said I Was Dead?" by Norbert Davis
"Nor Iron Bars" by J.D. MacDonald
"Dock Walloper" by Benjamin Appel
"Three-Ten to Yuma" by Elmore Leonard
"The Bobby-Soxer" by Jonathan Craig
"Black Pudding" by Goodis
"Guilt-Edged Blonde" by R. Macdonald
"Mama's Boy" by David Alexander
"The Screen Test of Mike Hammer" by Spillane
"Home" by Gil Brewer
"So Pale, So Cold, So Fair" by Leigh Brackett
"A Piece of Ground" by Helen Nielsen
"The Merry, Merry Christmas" by Evan Hunter
"Forever After" by Thompson
"The Old Pro" by H.A. DeRosso
"The Saturday Night Deaths" by Michael Kerr
"Graveyard Shift" by James M. Reasoner
"Deadhead Coming Down" by Margaret Maron
"To Florida" by Robert Sampson
"It's a Hard World" by Andrew Vachss
"Junior Jackson's Parable" by James Hannah
"Bonding" by Faye Kellerman
"Gravy Train" by James Ellroy
"Batman's Helpers" by Lawrence Block
"The Long Silence After" by Ed Gorman

Michael

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Michael D. Sharp                 "My time-wasting abilities are legendary!
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On Sat, 8 Feb 1997, William Denton wrote:

> First, does anyone have to have a listing of the stories in Pronzini
> and Adrian's _Hard Boiled_ anthology (or _Hard-Boiled_, or
> _Hardboiled_)?  Also, does Gutman actually call the Falcon a "rara
> avis" in the book?  I looked through it a couple of times, going over
> the scenes with the fat man, and couldn't see it.  Does he in fact
> only say this in the movie?  
> 
> Now, the comment: I read _His Name Was Death_ the other day.  It's the
> first Frederic Brown novel I've read (I've read a number of his short
> stories, like the "It's a cookbook!" one).  This was a delight to
> read.  Crisp writing, nifty plot, some neat twists and a great ending.
> Nice portrayal of average Joes and Janes in post-war times, as well as
> one guy who thinks he can murder without getting caught.  I'm going to
> find more of his books.  Is there any one in particular I should look
> for?
> 
> Bill
> -- 
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