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Aaah yeah, just remembered Jim Thompson is also pretty damned good.
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Reckon there's a whole genre that could be defined as dirt poor southern white trash meth noir.
Just finished this wonderfully depraved debut novel by Jake Hinkson (gonna search out and devour everything he's written) which contains one of the more memorable characters of recent reads, Brother Geoffrey Webb. A con man who sees the church as a sham, and himself as a natural fit for the environment. He's appointed youth minister in a small Arkansas Baptist church and the mayhem begins. Read it in a single sitting, highly recommended for those that like their crime real hard boiled
Aaah yeah, just remembered Jim Thompson is also pretty damned good.
Indeed. The writer Daniel Woodrell termed it 'country noir'. The film, Winter's Bone, was based on his book. An excellent read, and I've got his Bayou Trilogy next up on my digital shelf. I'll track down this Frank Bill collection on your recommendation..
I love the cover of the Hinkson book, and that's one hell of a quote invoking two all-timers in Thompson and Willeford. Another one to track down.
Earlier in this thread you recommended David Goodis, and I finally got around to reading Street Of No Return. Good book. Down There is next. I've also picked up some books by W.R. Burnett, George V. Higgins, and Dorothy B. Hughes because the films that have been adapted from their novels - High Sierra, The Asphalt Jungle, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, In A Lonely Place - are some of my favourite films noir.
Are you sure we weren't separated at birth? Those are some of my favourite movies (In A Lonely Place is my favourite Bogart movie, the smokin' hot Gloria Grahame the cream on top).
The Friends of Eddie Coyle's in my top 5 reads of all time, and is one of the few film adaptations that could match the novel (a tour de force from the king of noir, Bob Mitchum and Peter Boyle in his best role as the duplicitous Dillon). Have you read any Higgins?
Have you tried the McDonalds ? Both John D's "Travis Magee" novels and Ross' "Archer" are worth a look.have read Michael Connelly, All the Agatha Christies, . Heard good recommendations for Geoffrey Deaver books, so am looking out for them , Ruth Rendell, Ngaio Marsh ( probably for the ladies ). Wasn't real keen on Kerry Greenwood .