Robison Michael R CNIN wrote:
> Al said:
> Re "Murder Off the Rack". No good home (or boat, or
tent) should be without
> one.
> >From amazon: "Contributors and their subjects
include Donald E. Westlake on
> Peter Rabe, Loren D. Estleman on Donald Hamilton,
Bill Crider on Harry
> Whittington, Marvin Lachman on Ed Lacy, Max Allan
Collins on Jim Thompson,
> Jon L. Breen on Vin Packer, George Kelley on Marvin
H. Albert, Ed Gorman on
> Charles Williams, Will Murray on Don Pendleton and
the Executioner series,
> and Dick Lochte on Warren Murphy."
>
> Whilst you're at it, Mike, you might want to check
out "Difficult Lives" by
> James Sallis. An excellent, if short, collection of
essays on the noir
> triumvirate of David Goodis, Jim Thompson and
Chester Himes. Sallis has
> also written a fairly recent major biography of
Himes (haven't read it yet,
> so can't comment on it).
>
> ***************
> Darn, Al! Talk about chewing on a big fat humility
pill! I
> looked over the 10 masters it covers, and I've only
read TWO
> of them, Williams and Thompson, and the only other
one I had
> a passing familiarity with is Rene's buddy, Peter
Rabe. But
> I've got the book coming. The summary for the book
says that
> it has a list of the books covered at the end of
each essay,
> so when I get it I'll start searching around for
some of them.
>
> And yes, I have got the _Difficult Lives_ book on my
wish list.
> You've kinda put a different slant on it. I thought
the book
> was essentially a short biography of each of the
authors, but
> by the sound of your comments, it goes a bit farther
than this.
> Thats good. At least I HAVE read all three of these
guys.
> haha.
>
> Also I noted a while ago on the list that there is a
biography
> out on Jim Thompson with a lot of pictures from his
life and
> a lot of his book covers, too. I was wondering if
anybody had
> read this and if it was any good. It looks good. I
can't name
> the author, though.
>
> miker
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The biography on Jim Thompson is called Savage Art, The
author is robert Polito. I am currently reading this book. It
is absolutely fantastic. In fact, I think that it is one of
the finest biographies I have ever read. Don't miss
it!!!
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