> > Other than Little Caesar, Asphalt Jungle and
Goodbye
> > Chicago, what other
> > novels has he written?
>
> In keeping with the month's theme, it should
be
> pointed out that Burnett wrote at least two
Gold
> Medals. The first, under his own name, was a
western
> entitled STRETCH DAWSON, which I believe was filmed
as
> YELLOW SKY (or maybe the book was a novelization
of
> YELLOW SKY; this isn't clear from what I've been
able
> to find out).
>
> The second, BIG STAN, under the pseudonym of
"John
> Monohan," was a gritty urban cop novel, and might
be
> described as the fourth novel in his "City
Trilogy."
>
> "The City Trilogy" of which ASPHALT JUNGLE is
the
> first entry, follwed by LITTLE MEN - BIG WORLD
and
> VANITY ROW, were all set in the same
unnamed
> Midwestern metroplis. Some say the city was
a
> fcitionalized Chicago. Kathy Harper thought it
was
> either Toledo or Youngstown (Burnett's home state
was
> Ohio). In any case, BIG STAN seems to be set in
the
> same city. Exactly why it was published as a
PBO
> under a pen name, instead of a hardback as
the
> official fourth entry in what would then be A
"City
> Tetralogy" is unknown.
>
> I may have more to say about BIG STAN
later.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
There's also another GM original, from the 60's, titled THE
COOL MAN. I have a copy but haven't read it.
Rene
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