Vernon Warren had a short period of popularity here in Italy
in the late Fifties - early Sixties. As many as seven or
eight of his books were issued by Italian publishing houses,
and for a short while it looked like he could become a
household name. It didn't happen. At that time, Italian
publishers were trying hard to find less expensive
alternatives to the big American names. That's the reason
why, in those years, we could find large quantities of P.I.
books written by Englishmen
(Warren) or Australians (Bevis Winter). The most successful
British P.I. writer in Italy during the Sixties was Hartley
Howard, the creator of Bowman, an extremely popular character
to Italian readers then.
Luca Conti
luca.con@tiscalinet.it
luconti@tin.it
gialloWeb:
http://digilander.iol.it/gialloweb/
The Hampton Hawes Web Site:
http://www.ifnet.it/lunati/conti/hawes.htm
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owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca]Per conto di Henry Gaskin
Inviato: mercoledė · marzo 2001 0.31 A:
rara-avis@icomm.ca Oggetto: RARA-AVIS: Vernon Warren's
"Runaround" (Mark Brandon, PI)
Anybody here ever read anything by Vernon Warren? I just
finished his 1958 novel "Runaround", featuring his Chicago PI
Mark Brandon. The writing is not bad, a little Chandler-esque
("Sleep? Who wanted to sleep, it's for permanent when you're
dead, and everyone dies. But eventually.") It's published by
the Thriller Book Club Edition (Gifford), and lists a number
of other Mark Brandon mysteries: The Blue Mauritius, Brandon
Takes Over, Bullets for Brandon, etc...as well as 4 other
Warren mysteries
(non-Brandon). I can't find any references to the PI or the
author on the internet? I figured someone here would know.
I'd like to know about the author (maybe a pseudonym?) and
his other books.
Thanks, Hank
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