I'm not sure if this is the same book you're talking about,
but out of coincidence I just bought Jack Black's YOU CAN'T
WIN, the bestselling 1926 memoir of a hobo and small-time
hood. According to the back cover, it had a big influence on
the young Burroughs.
doug
--- John & Carrie <
johncarrie@sprynet.com> wrote:
>
> As for Burroughs, while I'm one of those who
don't
> consider him to be within
> the hard boiled tradition (notwithstanding the
very
> hardboiled Junky and
> Queer), in all fairness I do recall a mention in
his
> biography (Literary
> Outlaw?) that he was very much influenced by
a
> particular pulp writer whose
> name I forget.
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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