.Bill wrote:
> 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."
>
I'd love to read the collected NY Times (?) columns printed
during the paperback original era when he apparently
routinely reviewed Gold Medal etc books. Do I remember
correctly, was it Chandler who was pretty sour with Boucher
over a bad review? I seem to remember reading Chandler
dissing Boucher somewhere but by now regular readers would
know how reliable my memory is.
Rene
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