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

From: Ed Lynskey ( e_lynskey@yahoo.com)
Date: 27 Sep 2006


I'd second Doug's plug for 1001 MIDNIGHTS for mining ideas on some great older reads. I've also used Barzun's A CATALOGUE OF CRIME and William De Andrea's ENCYCLOPEDIA MYSTERIOSA for fast references.

Ed

--- Doug Bassett < dj_bassett@yahoo.com> wrote:
> there's also some great stuff in
> Pronzini's 1001 MIDNIGHTS, coverage of now fairly
> obscure pb writers like Ennis Willie, Jay Flynn, etc.
>
> --- William Denton < wtd@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> > A question for Mr. Robison before the month ends:
> > 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?
> >
> > Frank Gruber's PULP JUNGLE sounds like a good one to
> > start with. I
> > mentioned Geoffrey O'Brien's HARDBOILED AMERICA a
> > minute ago, but it's out
> > of date now. How about THE BIG BOOK OF NOIR? Paul
> > Duncan's little NOIR
> > FICTION?

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