Recommendations
What am I reading? What books influence me? Why do certain books light a fire in me?
Each month I recommend one of the books that changed the way I write and stirred my passion for ideas. Each recommendation includes a summary, a short author bio, and a brief analysis of what inspired me. Enjoy my thoughts on and appreciation for the work of James Sallis, Jim Thompson, Frederic Brown, Lawrence Block, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Don DeLillo, Chester Himes, Bill Flanagan, and many more.
Each month I recommend one of the books that changed the way I write and stirred my passion for ideas. Each recommendation includes a summary, a short author bio, and a brief analysis of what inspired me. Enjoy my thoughts on and appreciation for the work of James Sallis, Jim Thompson, Frederic Brown, Lawrence Block, Jean-Patrick Manchette, Don DeLillo, Chester Himes, Bill Flanagan, and many more.
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When The Sacred Gin Mill Closes by Lawrence Block
Summary A now sober ex-cop Matthew Scudder looks back on a darker time a few years off the
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The Expendable Man by Dorothy B. Hughes
Summary: Hugh Denismore, a privileged, young doctor driving his mother’s Cadillac from Los Angeles to Phoenix, feels uneasy
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The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes
Summary: Harlem detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson investigate the murder of Ulysses Galen. When Galen
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The Mad and The Bad by Jean-Patrick Manchette
Summary: In The Mad and The Bad, Michael Hartog obtained a fortune after the death of his brother
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins
Summary: Eddie Coyle works for Jimmy Scalisis, supplying him with guns for a couple of bank jobs. A
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The Getaway by Jim Thompson
Summary: Doc McCoy’s wife Carol conspires for Doc’s release from prison on the condition they rob a bank