I've been reading this list on the archives for about a year
now and finally decided to get in on the action. I feel I
need to make a confession up front however: I'VE NEVER READ
HAMMETT OR CHANDLER (there...it felt good to get it off my
chest). I've always had a bit of what I would call 'new
author phobia.' Once I find an author I like I tend to stick
with him until the well runs dry. My favorites have always
been:
Ed McBain Donald Westlake Ross Thomas Elmore Leonard John D.
Macdonald
The problem is that, even though I've been reading these guys
for years, I'm still not even close to the bottom of the well
(heck, I don't even think McBain himself is sure how many
books he's written...and Westlake probably doesn't even
remember all his pseudonyms)!
Thanks to you folks on this list, however, I'm slowly
conquering my phobia. Based on Rara-avis recommendations I
have tried the following authors in the past several months
and enjoyed all of them: George Pelecanos, Dan J. Marlowe,
Donald Hamilton, Peter Rabe, Joe Lansdale and Charles
Willeford. The only new guy I didn't care for was Ross
Macdonald. I'm not surprised, however, since I've always been
partial to the non-PI stuff (the only PIs I've ever really
taken to are Spenser, Scudder, and Nameless). Anyway, keep
those recommendations coming!
Roy
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