We've recently had some posts about Geoffrey Homes, and I
thought I'd see what Anthony Boucher had to say about him. My
source was an indispensable book entitled The Anthony Boucher
Chronicles: Reviews and Commentary 1942-1947, Volume II, The
Week in Murder. It contains Boucher's reviews from the San
Francisco Chronicle, and if you don't own the book, you
certainly should. You'll find yourself making all kinds of
lists of books you need to read. Check it out at http://www.ramblehouse.bigstep.com/.
But I digress. Boucher liked Homes a lot, and his review of
Build My Gallows High is one of several included in the book.
("All Cain's tense vigor and an added humanity and
honesty."
Another digression: One of the publishers of Ramble House is
Fender Tucker, and while surfing the net I ran across his
list of the 100 Best Books. It's a great, idiosyncratic list,
and there are three Hubert Selby titles in the first 1/3 of
it. Plenty of mystery titles are included, too.
(
http://www.shreveporttimes.com/html/8EC5F76D-80FB-47D8-A4E0
-5B9FC874E95F.shtml)
Bill Crider
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