Jacques,
Re your comment below:
> I have fond (but vague) memories of the work of
Malcolm Braly. Not a
> household name, but I remember him as very good. I
can't recall titles
> but I still have the books.
Sent this already but somehow it seems to have gotten lost in
the ether of cyberspace.
Malcolm Braly's first novel, a Gold Medal PBO called FELONY
TANK, made minor crime fiction history when it became one of
the only two PBO novels ever to be nominated for Edgar awards
prior to the 1969 institution of the Best Paperback Original
Novel category.
Braly's nomination was for Best 1st Novel of 1961. It lost to
Suzanne Blanc's THE GREEN STONE, which also made minor crime
fiction history by being the first and only novel to be
nominated for two different Edgar awards in two different
categories in the same year. In addition to winning for Best
1st, it was nominated for Best Novel, losing to J.J. Marric's
GIDEON'S FIRE.
JIM DOHERTY
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