Duane wrote:
<<I didn't really get into Rara Avis-type material
until college, when I wandered into a bookshop in downtown
Philly called Whodunnit?, owned by one Art Bourgeau (as I
later discovered, the author of THE MYSTERY LOVER'S
COMPANION.)>>
Bourgeau also wrote several paperback originals, featuring
two guys, Snake and I forget the other guy's name. I was
disappointed by the first (A Lonely Way To Die? I'm not
sure), especially since its jacket had the audacity to
compare the pair to Rockford and Angel. I have no idea why I
went on to the next, which was just enough better to get me
to the third. That and the fourth The Cheating Heart Motel
and, especially, The Elvis Murders were a hoot. The latter
takes place at an Elvis Impersonators convention. Now,
risking doing the same thing that Rockford comparison did to
me, they are somewhat similar to Lansdale's Hap and Leonard
in lackadaisical good ole boy attitude, but they're played
more for laughs, leaving out Lansdale's dark night of the
soul stuff. This, of course, is what makes Lansdale so much
better in my mind, but those two books by Bourgeau aren't bad
if you are in the mood for a very quick, very light, fun
read.
I never got around to reading Bourgeau's thriller.
Mark
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