Read this umpty-ump years ago and thought it was pretty good, but no better than a lot of others Gold Medal was putting out in those days.. which, come to think of it, is high praise.
Chaze is a long-time favorite of mine. I wrote a piece on BLACK WINGS for the anthology BOOKS TO DIE FOR, as well as a short essay on the man and his body of work for Mystery*File. A link to the latter for anyone interested who hasn't seen it: http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=142
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Darn--Fred beat me to it! I was just about to paste that link.
IMHO, BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL is one of the best and bleakest of the noirs.
Read this umpty-ump years ago and thought it was pretty good, but no better than a lot of others Gold Medal was putting out in those days.. which, come to think of it, is high praise.
I read this nearly 50 years ago and thought at the time it was a cut above. I even wrote that in a fanzine article around 1960 or 1970.
Chaze is a long-time favorite of mine. I wrote a piece on BLACK WINGS for the anthology BOOKS TO DIE FOR, as well as a short essay on the man and his body of work for Mystery*File. A link to the latter for anyone interested who hasn't seen it: http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=142
Good stuff, Bill. Thanks for the link.
I read this recently and really loved it.
Glad you liked it, Scott.
Bill, thanks for the link. I have never read Elliott Chase before and the review was interesting.
This book is a stone classic, Prashant. Trust me.
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