>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.).
During a recent trip to Ireland, I noticed MANY paperback
omnibus
collections of hardboiled writers: Chandler, Thompson, et al.
Here in
the US, we get individually packaged novels, for the most
part.
>
>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...
>
Has anyone read Sallis' book on Chester Himes? Actually, it's
about
Himes and two other writers...I can't recall the others now.
Goodis and
somebody? Anyway, it's published by Gary Lovisi's Gryphon
Press.--Duane
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