Miker:
> OT: not a detective novel, but i wanted to
mention
> one of the best books i've ever read. its sort of
an
> obscure title, _a garden of sand_, by earl
thompson.
> its about a boy coming of age during the
depression.
> a host of nasty characters, and some pretty
shocking
> scenes.
Miker, There are hard boiled books that don't have
detectives, such as most of Willeford or Jim Thompson works.
IMO, the late Earl Thompson's Garden of Sand is, or comes
pretty close. In case you didn't know, his Tattoo is a direct
sequel. I don't think it has the drive of the earlier book,
but you should love it. In his next book, The Devil to Pay,
Jack Wild's name has been changed to Jarl Carlson, but it is
clearly the same character. Thompson also wrote Caldo Largo
which not as not as clearly based on the author's life.
Mark
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