> > You may be referring to Almost Blue by Carlo
Lucarelli, which had a
> > translated version released by City Lights a
couple years back. It
> includes
> > some great writing about jazz, Chet Baker in
particular. Also, as
I've
> > mentioned before, it's one of the rare books
where I didn't
automatically
> > skip over reading the alternating chapters from
the serial killer's
point
> of
> > view. All in all, a good read.
>
> That's it, thanks. Jazz of course features in
Manchette's books as
well, but
> just as a background. Which brings to mind at least
the film version
(well,
> the most recent film version) of Patricia
Highsmith's Ripley books --
I
> recall Chet Baker and West Coast Jazz was a
prominent part of the
soundtrack
> and some of the dialogue. Was this also true of the
books?
>
> --JT.
From memory, Dickie Greenleaf, who becomes Ripley's first
victim, is a big jazz fan. Learning about jazz is one of the
methods that Ripley uses to get next to him although I don't
think the book was very specific about what types of jazz
Dickie is into. I don't recall any jazz musicians being
mentioned by name, let alone Chet Baker but I may be wrong
(it's happened before).
Rene
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