Gary Lovisi at Gryphon Books is selling copies through
abebooks.com for $16. He also has some Harry Whittington
reprints for sale.
Jeff
---- Lawrence Coates <
coatesl@bgnet.bgsu.edu> wrote:
> I'm kind of late getting back to this post. But I
recall someone on Rara Avis having access
> to reprints of "Sin Pit." Am I remembering
correctly? It's not available through any public
> or university inter-library loan source here in
Ohio, and the only copy I saw online was
> seventy-five bucks.
>
> With a title like "Sin PIt," I'm
intrigued.
>
> Lawrence
>
> ---------Included Message----------
> >Date: 4-May-2008 15:02:26 -0400
> >From: "Jeff Vorzimmer" <
jvorzimmer@austin.rr.com>
> >Reply-To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> >To: <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
> >Subject: RARA-AVIS: Writers who have
"disappeared" from the public eye
> >
> >> ***April 2008: Writers who have
"disappeared" from the public eye, either
> >> because they stopped
> >> publishing or because their work is
unavailable.
> >
> >Are we still doing this theme?
> >
> >I've been trying to get back to Lion Books that
I'd overlooked in the past,
> >so I read The Peddler (in a HCC reprint), Sleep
with the Devil, Sin Pit and
> >Brotherhood of Velvet over the last couple
months. The last two titles
> >belong to writers who definitely fall into this
category, Paul Meskil and
> >David Karp. In the case of Paul Meskil, it's
likely due to the fact that he
> >only published the one novel. But I can't
understand the neglect of Karp. He
> >has definitey disappeared.
> >
> >In Hardboiled America, O'Brien mentions Karp as
"curiously overlooked" and
> >in George's Noir Fiction, he says that a strong
argument can be made for
> >Karp as being the best writer in the Lion
stable, even over Jim Thompson. I
> >wouldn't go quite that far. Thompson and Goodis
were at the top of the heap
> >there and both of them went on to Fawcett, while
Karp was able to break into
> >the hardcover market. Though I think that the
former two, having been
> >refugees from that market to begin with, thought
they could make a better
> >living with PBOs.
> >
> >I read Karp's Brotherhood of Velvet, which has
mentioned as his best. It was
> >well-written with an interesting premise, the
familiar theme of the secret
> >organization that has people in key government
positions and thoroughly
> >controls lives of those who belong. But it
starts to slowly fizzle out about
> >half way through. It's almost as if he didn't
know how to end it properly.
> >What I see as the problems of the novel I
suspect stem from the fact that
> >Karp obviously didn't see himself as a crime
writer with the need for
> >suspenseful moments and actual crime. What
actual crime exists in the novel
> >is hearsay with the exception of the actual
beating he takes supposedly at
> >the hands of the Brotherhood.
> >
> >Hey, I might have answered my own question as to
why he's been overlooked.
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
> ---------End of Included
Message----------
>
> Lawrence Coates
> Associate Professor of Creative Writing
> Bowling Green State University
>
>
>
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