>Then again, did McBain really have any status as
a
>"real" author back then? I of course don't know how
he
>was regarded in Japan, but in Sweden he was
essentially
>unknown in 1963 -- just another one of all those
obscure
>paperback hacks. Hammett, OTOH, might very well have
been
>regarded as a classic.
In 1955 (or so) Ed McBain/Evan Hunter was probably best
known
for his novel/movie "Blackboard Jungle" which made him a
little
less obscure in America. Fairly big film for it's time.
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