Hi all:
If my pal Simon Wood can step up and
identify himself, then I guess I should, too. I've been
lurking for months and really enjoying the discussions. My
name's Steve Brewer, and a lot of you know me already. (Hi,
Crider!) I'm the author of 16 books so far, including a
couple that might be considered hard-boiled. Mostly, I write
comic crime novels, but I love to read the hard-boiled stuff
and I've taught noir fiction and film at the university
level.
Recently, I read "The Drift" (2002)
by John Ridley. A very bleak book about a railroad tramp who
tries to find a missing girl and finds murder and mayhem
instead. Terrific noir. I'm curious whether others enjoy
Ridley's work, which can be hard to find. He wrote "Stray
Dogs," upon which the film
"U-Turn" was based, and a book with the great title
"Everybody Smokes in Hell."
Great to "meet" you all and I look
forward to reading more titles I find on this list.
Best,
Steve Brewer
_www.stevebrewerbooks.com_ (http://www.stevebrewerbooks.com/)
_www.stevebrewer.blogspot.com_ (http://www.stevebrewer.blogspot.com/)
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