Bill Crider wrote:
> I'm impressed by your reading program, miker, and by
your
> persistence. That Perelman essay has been discussed
here
> before, but I don't know if anyone has mentioned
where to
> find it. It was originally published in The New
Yorker, I
> believe, and it's been reprinted often.
********* I'm having great fun with it. For years I read just
contemporary off-the- shelf mysteries from a generic
bookstore. Then when the super-bookstores came around, and
stocked old stuff, like Hammett and Chandler, I would walk by
and look at them and wonder. I was afraid to read them
because I was afraid it would be old and stuffy or way too
pulpy. Most of the rare bird members have been reading old
hardboiled/noir for a lot longer than Bill Denton's
list-server has been around, but that's definitely not the
case with me. I learned about all the old stuff, and even a
lot of contemporary writers, right here on the list.
Reading several different authors from several time periods
has enabled me to at least catch a glimpse of the whole
hardboiled/noir vista. For me, one of the big revelations has
been the old "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts"
adage.
I appreciate all the help and patience the list members have
shown me. I'm happier than a pig in mud.
miker
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