Brief de-lurk:
Jim:
In Brett Halliday's FOURTH DOWN TO
DEATH, Mike Shayne
is hired by the Miami Dolphins and is
paid off with
several shares of Dolphin stock. This
is a late entry
in the Shayne series, which means
that Halliday
probably had little, if anthing, to
do with the actual
writing of the book.
I thought "Brett Halliday" was a pseudonym, no? Wasn't the
original Brett actually David Dresdner or something like
that?
I have a pretty large collection of Mike Shayne books--mostly
for the cover art. I have only read a few--all early
ones--and they seem perfectly capable. I've liked the
Hallidays and the Prathers I've read a lot more than, for
example, the Spillanes.
Are there any Halliday/Shayne fans here? Any perspectives on
the series?
Ron:
I just read Victor Gischler's
SUICIDE
SQUEEZE which has a passing
connection to baseball.
A great read, BTW. I'd read GUN
MONKEYS before upon
a recommendation from Jason Starr and
liked it,
but didn't enjoy it quite to the
extent that I did
this one. I'll be picking up more of
his stuff.
FWIW, I think Gischler's best book so far is PISTOL POETS.
However, I have not read at least one other of his
books--SHOTGUN OPERA?--but I believe that one may be a trunk
novel.
Best, Mark Nevins
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