Bill Denton wrote:
>I'm reading THE LAST GOOD KISS (1978) >for 1970s
month, and I like it a
>lot. I'm not sure which was the first >Crumley
book I tried, but it drove
>me away. Now I see why he's so
>admired, and I'll be reading more.
>What's the word on him? How come he >hasn't
written more books? What's he
>like?
Bill, see if you can find a copy of John Williams' Into The
Badlands and read the chapter titled Missoula, Montana:
Saturday Night at Charlie's Bar. Perhaps John, who is on this
list, could expand upon his visit with Crumley. As I have
mentioned before, this book, that includes visits with James
Ellroy, Elmore Leonard, George Higgins, Carl Hiassen, James
Hall, James Lee Burke and others should be a must-read for
Rara-Avians.
While it's not easy to find, Clark City Press published a
book of Crumley's non-fiction and short fiction in 1991
titled The Muddy Fork & Other Things that includes an
interview that took place in Missoula in 1985.
The early Crumley was a favourite of mine and I prize the
first edition of The Last Good Kiss that I bought new because
of the cover art of several bars with the mountains in the
background. This was one of the books that got me reading
crime novels on a regular basis.
Montana seemed to attract fine writers such as Burke, Thomas
McGuane, Jon Jackson, Jim Harrison, Richard Hugo and William
Kittredge and Crumley suggests that he and his friends
partied hardy.
Kent Morgan
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