Is this the Mike Lankford who wrote Life in Double Time?
JAA
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no
more to the point than the fact than a drunken man is happier
than a sober one ." GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Hagen" <
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rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 3:11
PM Subject: RARA-AVIS: LA, Lankford, Chandler question
> Just got back from a short visit to LA.
Missed
> Pelecanos, but did see Terrill Lankford in
his
> native habitat--Murder, Mayhem, and Movies
bookstore
> (perhaps with the M-words in different
order).
>
> I can report that Mr. Lankford looks just like the
picture
> that Miker posted. He may have even been wearing the
same
> clothes! Those of you who get out there or down
there
> before he closes the store in May (?), should
definitely look
> him/the store up. He has a very nice collection of
crime
> fiction, including old stuff, at very reasonable
prices (plus
> a rara-avis discount). And, in case no one has
gathered it from
> this list, the man is definitely worth talking
to.
>
> Now a question: I was tramping around Hollywood,
comparing handprints
> and all, and noticed a Raymond Chandler Square on
the map. Didn't quite
> hike that far or missed it hiking (who knows?), so
why is this park or
> square named after him? Hotel where he lived for a
time? Important site
> for one of his novels, such as Farewell, My
Lovely?
>
> Bill Hagen
>
>
>
>
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