I just finished Max Phillip's novel Fade to Blonde and I must
say I was extremely impressed with his recreation of the
language and the whole milieu of the Gold Medal paperback and
that era. The book is an excellent example of how to recreate
a time period without a lot of cultural and social
references. The key in Fade to Blonde is the subtle use of
the language of the time period, which I had pegged at about
1962.
There was one reference that puzzled me, though. References
to movies are a great way to bring back a time period and I
definitely appreciated the references to the Hitchcock
movies, but then, near the end, he uses ficiticious movie
titles--Friendship Ranch and Carter and Sharp on the High
Seas. The later being a reference to a comedy duo in a novel
by Elizabeth McCraken and a specific movie mentioned in that
book. Sounds like an inside joke between novelists.
Charles, can you give us any insight on these movie
titles?
BTW, this is my favorite of all the HCC books I've read so
far.
Jeff
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