Miker-- For what it's worth re Highsmith, I'd recommend
Ripley's Game, supplemented by The American Friend, its film
version starring Dennis Hopper. The Berlin (not Bratislava!)
atmosphere is fantastic. Rob
--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>
> Anything that reawakens interest in Williams is
fine
> with me.
>
> ****************
> We're talking about DEAD CALM Williams?
I've
> enjoyed
> several of his books, and thought that RIVER
GIRL
> was
> brilliant. I'm planning on taking another novel
of
> his on vacation. Haven't decided which. Think
I'll
> take something by Gil Brewer, too. I've never
read
> him. Patricia Highsmith, too. Never read
her.
> Time
> to fix that.
>
> Speaking of movies, I've been working my way
through
> the noir selections at Netflix. I don't know a
damn
> thing about noir movies so I pretty much take
what
> they recommend. I've got one coming soon
called
> Union
> City, I believe, based on a short story by
Cornell
> Woolrich called Rear Window. I've read his
I
> MARRIED
> A DEAD MAN, but nothing else.
>
> miker
>
>
>
>
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