-----Original Message-----
>From: jacquesdebierue <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Nov 20, 2007 8:14 AM
>To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: Newton Thornburg
>
>I just reread his masterpiece _Cutter and Bone_,
after finding it in a
>box of miscellaneous crime stuff. This has got to be
one of the best
>hardboiled novels of all time. This second time
around it seemed even
>better. I am going to have to revise my Top Ten to
include it. It
>deserves it. And the other Thornburgs are not far
behind: not a
>prolific author but one who worked at a very high
level. You can file
>Thornburg with Willeford, he's that good.
>
Couldn't agree with you more, mrt. Thornburg is a true
original. A terrific writer who appears to be nearly
forgotten now. I know CUTTER AND BONE was reissued about a
decade ago, but I think most of his other books are now out
of print. Someone should come along and do trade paperbacks
of all of them and get this guy the attention he
deserves.
Thornburg didn't much like the movie made from CUTTER AND
BONE, but it's on my top five movies of all time list. And
it's how I discovered him as a writer. I think both the movie
and the book are stone cold classics.
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