RARA-AVIS: Re: Best works of criticism and background?

From: david david ( davividavid@yahoo.com)
Date: 27 Sep 2006


why not also print out and staple together Rara Avis threads. i've been learning as much here as anywhere else.

--- JIM DOHERTY < jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Bill,
>
> Re your question below:
>
> "If someone wanted to buy one (or two) books about
> hardboiled and noir, and was looking for background,
> criticism, history, interpretation, opinion, etc.,
> what would you recommend?"
>
> The finest single work of hard-boiled criticism ever
> to have been produced is (although Miker hasn't
> mentioned it yet) RAYMOND CHANDLER - MASTER OF
> AMERICAN NOIR, available (occasionally) as a free
> e-book on the "University" section of the Barnes &
> Nobel website.
>
> It was written by . . . uh . . . oh damn, I used to
> remember. Miker, who was the guy who wrote that
> masterful, comprehensive tome?
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
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