Tribe 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."
Could you be talking about You Can't Win by Jack Black, the
1926 autobiography of Black's life of crime? It is impressive
and a very clear influence on "William Lee." According to
Amazon, it was recently reprinted by AK Press with an intro
by Burroughs.
Mark
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