Seymour:
It's an absolute honor to have you mention Fast Lane. I
agree, Shoot the Piano Player is a terrific book by Goodis.
About Anyone's My Name--the book came out about the same time
as Thompson's Killer Inside Me, and although it doesn't
appear so at first, is every bit as jolting and hard hitting
(maybe even more so) as Jim Thompson's classic novel. For
anyone who loves noir, or great crime fiction, I strongly
recommend Anyone's. The Captain is also a great book,
although a different style. At times the writing in it
reminded me of Bruce Jay Friedman (one of my favorite
writers)--had that same absurdist humour in it--which can
also be found in Witness to Myself.
--Dave
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, SiShu@... wrote:
>
> Michael Robinson asked if I read in the genre as
well as write it.
First off,
> a confession. I never know whether a novel I'm
writing will be
called noir or
> a mystery or the wide-open term of crime-novel. As
anyone who's
read my
> Anyone's My Name has surely suspected, I spent a
number of my
early years writing
> for true-detective magazines, often two and
sometimes even three a
month under
> different names. And I came out of that experience
with a number
of feelings
> that have powered my novels, including what the hell
do I really
know about
> crime--and "there but for the grace of God go I." As
for my
reading, it goes all
> over the place. My favorite recent noir reads are
Dave
Zeltserman's Fast Lane,
> Duane Swierczynski's Wheel Man, and, again, Goodis'
Shoot the
Piano Player.
>
> Seymour Shubin
>
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