It's the 1984 Perennial Mystery edition, reprinted in 1986.
Eastwood's movies around that time were: Heartbreak Ridge
(1986), Pale Rider (1985), City Heat (1984), Tightrope
(1984), Sudden Impact (1983). None are spy movies, so I guess
maybe Harper was just looking to tie in to his tough-guy
image?
-----Original Message----- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 17:20:15
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DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net (Mark Sullivan) Subject: Re:
RARA-AVIS: cover art (was ross thomas/clint eastwood)
Which edition of Cold War Swap was it? What year did it come
out? And what Eastwood film was current at the time? Perhaps
they were trying to piggyback on it. I seem to remember the
cover of one of Thomas's reprints (Porkchoppers? By Harper
Perrenials? The edition with the black covers) featuring a
face that looked a lot like G Gordon Liddy's
(when he still had hair).
When I stopped in Terrill Lankford's shop while visiting the
left coast a couple of months ago, he showed me the UK first
edition of Michael Connely's Black Echo -- the cover photo of
Bosch looks a whole lot like James Ellroy.
Mark
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