Interesting question, Richard. We often talk about those
books that we get more out of each time we reread them.
However, you are talking about how much a book can exposes
itself on one reading, the thrill of discovery. In that
light, I think I might have to go with Richard Stark's The
Hunter (although I first read it as Point Blank). I'm not
saying I haven't gotten more out of this book upon rereading
it, but that first time, wow.
Still, I'm going to cheat and give a backup choice and say
The Long Good-bye, the book that opened up the whole
hardboiled world to me.
Mark
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