new to the list. started reading Hammett and Chandler some
years ago, re-read it fairly regularly. more recently (last
few years) read pretty much everything by Jim Thompson and J.
M. Cain, Goodis, Woolrich, (old)Willeford, bunch of the noir
short story collections. Also read everything by Walter
Moseley (including his recent nonfiction-- WORKIN' ON THE
CHAIN GANG, BLACK GENIUS-- which I like a lot). stumbled onto
SPOOKS, SPIES, AND PRIVATE EYES and from that went and read
THE MAN WHO CRIED I AM, THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR, and a
few other things excerpted therein. recently visiting nyc
found Clarence Cooper, Jr. reissue in the Strand and am now
ploughing through the old school books series. (don't know
what i'll do when i'm finished the whole series.) also into
jazz/rock/hiphop including noir/crime jazz, everything from
lounge lizards to link wray, monk to the last poets. have
also played music and performed poetry (slam before it had
that name) over the years. (is there hardboiled poetry?? mine
has an element of that--slang, snappy patter, etc. i've
always associated the beats with hb. Bob Kaufman is my own
favorite). after years of no interest in british
mystery/detective I finally read all of Sherlock Holmes, and
am interested in the "method of discovery" and have written a
little about it. Poe is also important in this respect. I'm
here to see if I can pick up leads for future reading (older
stuff, but also I have no idea what of current pulp is worth
reading), movie recs, and to listen in and see what goes
on.
> What have you been reading?
>
Bleedin' 'ell I thought I was a fast reader, but I do tend to
stop for things like sleeping, walking,talking. ;-)
Shame The Devil which I ration to only before sleep and lots
of comics.
Jane
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