Hello All,
On recent business trips to Quebec City and Vancouver I, of
course, made the time to check out a few secind-hand
bookshops and came across a few interesting items.
In Quebec City I found an omnibus of three Jim Thompson
novels called HARD CORE (which includes THE KILL OFF, THE
NOTHING MAN and BAD BOY. Are these novels indicative of
Thonpson at the top of his game?
In Vancouver I picked up some Brock Callahan volumes (COME
DIE WITH ME, DAY OF THE RAM and THE DEAD SEED). How do these
particular outtings rank within Gault's body of work? The
only Callahan I've read so far is COUNTY KILL, which was
fairly reminiscent of Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer
books.
I also came across SONS OF SAM SPADE: THE PRIVATE EYE NOVEL
IN THE 70s by David Geherin. Anyone familiar with this
study?
Best, Harry
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