Alcohol got the better of him, but he also wrote about the
life he lived
and that involved drinking and raising hell from the Stein
Club on
Peachtree to the Clermont Lounge on Ponce. One of the reasons
his books
have such authenticity is that he knew street life well and
seemed too
enjoy living it.
A friend has most of Ralph's manuscripts if anyone is
interested.
Fred
(back from the rewrite death march)
>
>Peter's right about the Hardman series. Top notch
stuff. I believe that
>Richard Moore found Dennis working in a used-book
store in Atlanta shortly
>before he died. Talk about injustice! And while you're
thinking about it,
>compare the Hardman series to Parker's Spenser books.
Lots of similarities.
>Dennis did a few nonseries books, too, but they're not
a patch on Hardman.
>I highly recommend this series if you can find the
books.
>
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