Thoughts on Butcher’s Moon

I finally have a proper writeup of Butcher’s Moon over at the Butcher’s Moon page.

To celebrate, I’ve added this cover from the 1991 Finnish edition. Both this cover and the Avon cover feature a child’s doll. I don’t recall a doll in the book. Am I just forgetting?

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“The Missing Mourners of Dijon” by Fernand Auberjonois

You may recall my background piece on The Mourner, entitled “Meet the Mourners,” from a few weeks back. Well, reader Christopher Tassava was kind enough to dig up the original Horizon article described in that piece–the one that inspired the novel! It’s embedded below.

To celebrate, above is a vastly upgraded image of the […]

News for week ending 2010-08-28

Loved Charlie Chan movies as a kid. Racial politics be damned, one of my heroes. Haven't read the books and need to. http://bit.ly/bCbyT9 # Existential Ennui–Richard Stark, Robert McGinnis, and the Search for the Perfect Parker: http://bit.ly/ckIC9i # Alan Barkley at Suite101 on Point Blank: http://film-noir.suite101.com/article.cfm/john-boormans-point-blank # New Westlake fan blog. Infrequently updated, which […]

News for week ending 2010-08-21

Wallace Stroby–Elvis: The Way It Might Have Been http://wallacestrobycom.blogspot.com/2010/08/elvis-way-it-could-have-been.html # Congratulations to Matt Racicot, winner of the Parker flash fiction contest: http://blog.semcoop.com/2010/08/17/face-off-by-matt-racicot/ #

Good news from University of Chicago Press

Good news from the University of Chicago Press. They have secured the reprint rights for all of the Parker novels through Firebreak. The next batch of reprints (March 2011) will be Butcher’s Moon, Comeback, and Backflash.

Lawrence Block has introduction duty on Butcher’s Moon. Great choice.

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News for week ending 2010-08-14

Detectives Beyond Borders–Westlake the Wonderful: http://bit.ly/atjnod # Louis XIV at Existential Ennui reviews Bank Shot: http://existentialennui.blogspot.com/2010/08/dortmunder-daze-bank-shot-by-donald-e.html # Congrats to Anders Runestad for 2nd place in the Parker flash fiction contest. Winner announced next Tuesday. http://bit.ly/awiHNg # Cecil Adams of the Straight Dope takes a look at a story related by character Tom Jimson in […]

A grab-bag post about libraries (and a bookstore)

A few months ago, I wrote a freelance informational (and promotional) article on behalf of the American Library Association about gaming at the library. That piece has just found a home at the Austin Post. It was written to encourage people to use libraries for a purpose they might not have considered as well […]

What’s going on with Hard Case Crime?

Hard Case Crime’s printer and distributor, Dorchester Publishing, isn’t quite shutting its doors, but it is going to a purely e-book and print-on-demand format. This is unfortunate, to say the least. In addition to mailing me the newest Hard Case Crime novel upon release through their wonderful book club, they were unfailingly polite and […]

News for week ending 2010-08-07

Louis XIV at Existential Ennui reviews The Black Ice Score: http://bit.ly/cMFKzD # Congrats to Ryan Garms for 3rd place in the Parker flash fiction contest. 2nd and 1st TBA the next two Tuesdays. http://bit.ly/dmkK65 # Actor James Franco enjoys The Hunter: http://pressblog.uchicago.edu/2010/07/28/james_franco_has_good_taste.html # Forgot to post this–Darwyn Cookes' The Hunter and VWOP discussed at […]