The Box is from Stark House, I believe. I have it at home, read it some time back, and posted on it. Satisfying read.
Ed
--- On Fri, 9/4/09, jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com>
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Peter Rabe
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, September 4, 2009, 2:57 PM
> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com,
> "davezeltserman" <Dave.Zeltserman@...> wrote:
> >
> > I recently started reading Rabe also, two of his
> Daniel Port books that the old Black Lizard reprinted, Dig
> My Grave Deep & The Out is Death. I enjoyed both of
> them. The writing seemed like a mix of Hammett and Paul
> Cain, and both were solid Gold Medals, each under 150 pages,
> nothing bloated with either of them! The bookseller who gave
> me these strongly recommended "Kill the Boss Good-bye", so
> that's the next one I'll be looking for. HE also gave me a
> couple of Howard Browne crime novels, which I'll be reading
> soon.
> >
>
> He does hardboiled very well -- and he is also a fine
> humorist. Good combination of talents, not necessarily in
> the same books, obviously. I have a very good memory of
> _Kill the Boss Good-bye_, great read. Another great
> one is _The Box_. This one may be in print.
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
>
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