Re: RARA-AVIS: pelecanos

MT (matrxtech@sprintmail.com)
Mon, 24 Aug 1998 21:16:22 -0500 <<I liked the article too, although I'm sure Jim Crumley would perk up
his ears at this line: "It wasn't so much the classic '30s detective
authors like Hammett that got him, it was the '50s heirs like Charles
Willeford and Crumley, who wrote about working stiffs in fucked-up
situations.">>

I suspect that Pelecanos had in mind Jim Thompson instead of Crumley. I
am currently reading The Kill-Off, a brilliantly weird novel by
Thompson. What a strange slant this guy had on life and people!

Regards,

Mario Taboada
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