tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post5117339911300706989..comments2024-03-25T11:17:18.130-07:00Comments on Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and The Wild West: Forgotten Books: PASSING STRANGE by Richard SaleEvan Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-55823109706013155992013-03-22T21:41:41.061-07:002013-03-22T21:41:41.061-07:00Thanks, John. I'll check it out.
Until someon...Thanks, John. I'll check it out.<br /><br />Until someone reprints a bunch of Daffy Dill stories, I'd say your best bets are these two Hollywood mysteries, <i>Lazarus #7</i> and <i>Passing Strange</i>. I haven't read the later books in so long I can't remember how they compare.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-767848194984653312013-03-22T20:32:54.179-07:002013-03-22T20:32:54.179-07:00I'm sorry. I was unclear.
First off, I was as...I'm sorry. I was unclear.<br />First off, I was asking for your recommendation of the best work you'd read from Richard Sale.<br /><br />Second, I've read Latimer, Adams, Davis and Cain, just not Sale.<br /><br />And as a guy with obviously similar tastes I recommend you get a copy of Geoffrey O'Brien's Hardboiled America as soon as you can do so. It is the best, most incisive, most passionate examination of hardboiled fiction I've ever read. <br /><br />There have been two editions, the second one is somewhat different and expanded a bit. Each edition has a checklist of notable hardboiled works in the back. <br />I have both and would not part with either.<br /><br />John Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-46774376921122941332013-03-22T16:09:09.728-07:002013-03-22T16:09:09.728-07:00Hm. Not familiar with that book. But my favorite n...Hm. Not familiar with that book. But my favorite novelists of that era - after Hammett and Chandler - are Jonathan Latimer and Richard Sale, followed by Cleve F. Adams and Norbert Davis. Paul Cain's <i>Fast One</i> ranks right up there, of course, but it was his only book.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-77262421677382319242013-03-22T14:46:12.823-07:002013-03-22T14:46:12.823-07:00I was just looking through O'Brien's Hardb...I was just looking through O'Brien's Hardboiled America (again) and looking to see how many authors on his checklist I still hadn't read (again) and Sale's name popped out at me bigtime.<br />Haven't read a word by the guy.<br />If I was to dig up any of those you've read, which would you suggest?<br /><br />John Hocking Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-92213562251680559182013-03-22T10:28:40.323-07:002013-03-22T10:28:40.323-07:00This sounds very interesting indeed, sir.This sounds very interesting indeed, sir.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-24201446071808646392013-03-22T10:27:57.512-07:002013-03-22T10:27:57.512-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705940625481143611.post-78871907776775313582013-03-22T06:39:35.495-07:002013-03-22T06:39:35.495-07:00I don't have five different editions of PASSIN...I don't have five different editions of PASSING STRANGE but I do have two: the ACE Double and the digest. I need to read more Richard Sale after your reviews! Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com