Rene asked:
> I found a copy of "The John Franklin
> Bardin Omnibus", which contains "Devil Take the
Blue-Tail Fly", "The
> Deadly Percheron" & "The Last of Philip Banter",
at a little stand
> selling 2nd hand books. I've been wanting to read
these books, which
> have quite a rep in certain circles, for a long
time. My impression is
> that this guy inhabits territory somewhere between
Fredric Brown &
> Cornell Woolrich, not your standard HB, more
psychological suspense
Anyone out there read these books & have any comments
(sans spoilers,
> please)?
Your impression is quite correct, Rene. I've recommended this
omnibus to a number of folks and have rarely gotten a
negative feedback. The somewhat surreal plotting/storylines
and offkilter dark reality of the novels meshes impressively
- almost amazingly so - with the ordinary, often desperate
characters that populate these strange, extra-ordinary
novels. Brown and Woolrich? Yeah, I can see that...
By the way, saw Gorman's response r.e. Black Lizard...too
damn bad.
Ron Clinton
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