james.doherty@gsa.gov
29 Jun 99 13:19:00 -0400
I just finished the Chicago cop
story article I asked for help on some
time back. Thanks to all who
assisted.
In the writing of it, I went on
a W.R. Burnett binge. I read one
novel (*Big Stan*), several
short stories (including "Suspect"), and
saw three movies either based
on Burnett books or with scripts by
Burnett (*Scarface*, *The
Asphalt Jungle*, and *Beast of the City*).
Have we ever done a Burnett
book? If not, how about *The Asphalt
Jungle*? Kathy Harper lauds it
as one of the best hard-boiled crime
novels ever written (and on the
evidence of the film version she's
probably right). Moreover,
Kathy's working on a dissertation on
Burnett, and it's possible one
of us might just come up with a new
insight that would help her.
(Not likely, I grant you, but possible).
And we'd have her highly
informed comments to enhance our enjoyment
of the book. - Jim
Doherty
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