I suspect this is partly due to tax laws that make it very
costly for
publishers to keep old material in print. Even Ross Macdonald
was out of
print for a few years! As some readers of this list surely
know, the
situation in England is very different, and there are *lots*
of reprints
of classic hardboiled authors available at low prices (No
Exit Press,
Allison & Busby, etc.).
All of that said, there are several hardboiled writers now
working who
deserve all the praise they get, like Block, Pronzini, Walter
Mosley,
James Sallis, Teri White, James Lee Burke, James Ellroy, etc.
We may
even be in a kind of golden age for the hardboiled
mystery...
Regards,
Mario Taboada
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