On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Timothy S. Oliver wrote:
> Amazon lists two by Bezzarides. One is called
Thieves Market. It's about
> Greek produce haulers in California's Central
Valley. Sounds a lot like
> Thieves Highway, the old noir flick with Richard
Conte.
> Both authors wrote in the 30s and 40s. I've never
heard of either.
> Presumably Pelecanos' reference is
praise.
Bezzerides wrote the novel which the film is based on and
some other noir books. He also scripted "Kiss Me Deadly" by
Aldrich. I believe Pelecanos wrote this for praise.
Juri
jurnum@utu.fi who just got his hands on his first
Pelecanos - you've set expectations high!
-- # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to majordomo@icomm.ca. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/ .
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 24 Jan 2000 EST