By Trent
Today, Mulholland Books posted Lawrence Block’s foreword to the University of Chicago Press edition of Butcher’s Moon. This means that all three of Block’s forewords, which form a trilogy of sorts, are now available for reading online.
The foreword to Butcher’s Moon, titled to make it more article-like “Canarsie and Westlake, Parker […]
By Trent Elizabeth A. White presents Swierczynski week: http://t.co/Rh8BOFa # Levi Stahl at I've Been Reading Lately makes an exciting discovery in Donald Westlake's novel The Hook: http://t.co/UVrGeBX # Deadline has some news on the Parker movie project. http://t.co/Mi9M8wU # J-Lo rumored in talks to join Parker film cast. Well, she was good in Out of […]
By Trent
Recently, I acquired two huge bookshelves, which I’ve designated the crime fiction shelves. I’ve been stocking them as I dig through boxes of books and sort out what I want to keep and what I want to (well, not always want to, but should) give away.
The shelves are not my only recent acquisitions…
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By Trent
I know some people skip introductions, forewords, afterwords, &c. Not me. I love ’em. There are several posted on this site, and every single one of them is interesting.
Of course, on this site I can only post forewords and so on from out-of-print editions, usually long-out-of-print editions, and even then I’m walking a […]
By Trent The LA Noire tie-in promotional book, featuring short stories by some great authors, is free for Kindle.
http://t.co/x7OAJ0L # Lawrence Block's great noir novel The Girl with the Long Green Heart is only 99¢ for Kindle for just a few more hours: http://t.co/M9lEf01 # Wallace Stroby–The Golden Age of Movie Tie-ins: http://t.co/Q927Ufm # […]
By Trent
Donald Westlake’s son Paul dropped this in the comments, but it’s worthy of a post of its own.
I’ll let Paul tell you about it (slightly edited–you can read the original thread here).
It’s from 1994 but I don’t have any more info. The only thing I remember that was written on […]
By Trent Ethan Iverson–Lawrence Block's blind taste test: http://t.co/vj1wNHe # Enter #jiam2011 at Iambik for 50% off audio books in June. They have some great stuff, including Hard Case Crime titles: http://t.co/F9J4gF1 #
By Trent
I’m embarrassed to say that, until now, I hadn’t read a Charles Willeford book. I own a few, but had never quite gotten around to them.
The good folks at PictureBox were kind enough to send me their new edition of Willeford’s Cockfighter. I nearly gasped when I opened the packaging–without knowing a thing […]
By Trent Part two of Nick Jones' series on Donald Westlake's science fiction: http://bit.ly/lKAdwU # More Nick Jones, this time at Ilex Press discussing The Hunter and 500 Essential Cult Books: http://bit.ly/ltUxIy # A look at some noir comics: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/26/best-noir-comics/ # Ron Goulart–The Saint in Junior High http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=10116 # […]
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