----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Robison" <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 25,
2005 7:15 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re Lankford's comment
& New McCarthy
> Mark wrote:
>
> Now that's an intriguing subgenre. What other
books
> would you add to the list of thrillers/crime novels
by
> literary types?
>
> *************
> Faulkner and Hemingway to name a couple.
Several short stories for both of them:
Hemingway:
"The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio" (there IS a crime in
it), and "The Killers," just off the top of my head.
Faulkner:
A collection of stories including "Smoke" and "Knight's
Gambit" collected under the title of the latter. Take place
in fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, and involve
the same central character, a crime-solving small-town
lawyer.
Good stuff from both of these guys.
Also, there is a potential crime in one of the finest novels
I've ever read: CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL, by Glen David Gold.
It's even got a Javert-like Secret Service agent dogging the
heels of the eponymous hero (who is based on a real person, a
San Francisco area stage magician quite popular during the
first three decades of the 20th century). I highly recommend
it.
Speaking of Javert, there's LES MISERABLES, which revolves
around the idea of crime and its effects on society, and vice
versa.
There's a murder in Dostoevsky's CRIME AND PUNISHMENT,
too.
And what about Johnathan Lethem' MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN?
Again, all just off the top of my head.
All the Best-
Brian Thornton
RARA-AVIS home page: http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rara-avis-l/
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email
to:
rara-avis-l-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 25 Jul 2005 EDT