I went to the Caveat Emptor used book store in Bloomington
yesterday and browsed around. I found a couple of interesting
things. One, a Jim Thompson book called KING BLOOD had a
hilarious 2-page intro to it. I was wondering who wrote it
and when I turned the page to find out, I wasn't surprised.
It was Ellroy. He actually calls the book a "flat-out
stinkeroo" and still makes you want to read it.
The other amusing thing was a dedication in the front of an
Ed McBain book to the Mystery Writers of America, noting that
if his book didn't get some kind of award from them, they
should have their collective heads examined. There was a
legal definition of coercion right below the ded-
ication.
And I've been following the thread of MacDonald vs. MacDonald
over a name. I know that Mickey Spillane openly gives Carroll
John Daly credit for Mike Hammer, but recently I read in a
newsgroup that Daly promptly sued Spillane soon after he
admitted that. Is that correct?
miker
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