The task continues with another 50 and some of the worst photos ever taken. Half of them are out of focus, in the other half the light is rubbish and they are caught in shadow and others don't even have the title of the book captured. I have managed to decipher the titles, probably in the same amount of time I could have read half the books in!
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| Tub 16! |
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| Walter Mosley, K.O. Dahl, Dan O'Brien, G.M. Ford, Len Deighton, |
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| Anyone need a wedding photographer? Don't call me! Dan O'Brien book. |
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| Tim O'Brien, John Baker, Mark Timlin, Ed McBain, Paul Levine, |
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| John Tilsley, Mark SaFranko, Chris Cleave, Iceberg Slim, Tom Gilling, |
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| Mark SaFranko - author,playwright and actor - his work “has its roots in painfully lived experience” |
Prison novel by Roderick Anscombe, early John Le Carre, Lawrence Block burglar book, Day Keene - pulp and Reginald Hill!
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| 1964 carny crime! |
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| Loved Warren Clarke in the TV series, not tried the books yet! |
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| Ethan Coen - one of the film-making brothers, Massimo Carlotto, Paul Thomas, Stona Fitch, Donna Moore, |
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| Richard Aellen - Vietnam novel, Malcolm Braly - prison again, Iceberg Slim, Alex Wheatle, Anthony Cartwright |
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| Wensley Clarkson, Mike Ripley and Angel, Ross Thomas, Joe R. Lansdale - Hap and Leonard book, and THE BOOK WITH NO NAME by ANONYMOUS! |
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| Crimewave short stories, John Baker, Michael Curtin, Massimo Carlotto and Jim Thompson! |
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| Italian crime fiction author - Carlotto - lovely cover, crap photo! |
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| Unheralded British crime author - John Baker. |
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| A two-fer pulp from Gil Brewer, Peter Corris Cliff Hardy novel, Mari Jungstedt, |
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| Aussie PI fiction! |
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| Graham Greene and a couple of Dibdin books, |
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| John Lydon's first autobiography, his second came out a few months ago. |
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| Bill James - Harpur and Iles police procedural, |
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| My man Harry Crews again. A whole issue of The Southern Quarterly devoted to him! |
Highlights - I'm glad I have started uncovering my
John Baker novels. I haven't read too much from him in the past but what I have I enjoyed,especially
Poet in the Gutter. Probably
John Le Carre is overdue an outing, as is
Mark SaFranko and
Joe R. Lansdale - I do like his Hap and Leonard series.
Lowlights........nothing here that I'll put off reading or will try and avoid.
Michael Dibdin's Vendetta has been swapped out for
John Fowles - The Collector, as I have another copy in a previous tub.......not too bad I suppose - 800 books logged and only the second duplicate copy of something.
Full list of 50 is...........
| AUTHOR |
|
TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
FICTION/NON |
| AELLEN |
RICHARD |
CRUX |
1989 |
|
F |
| ANONYMOUS |
|
THE BOOK WITH NO NAME |
2011 |
BK1 |
F |
| ANSCOMBE |
RODERICK |
SHANK |
1996 |
|
F |
| BAKER |
JOHN |
THE CHINESE GIRL |
2000 |
CG1 |
F |
| BAKER |
JOHN |
WALKING WITH GHOSTS |
1999 |
ST4 |
F |
| BLOCK |
LAWRENCE |
THE BURGLAR WHO STUDIED SPINOZA |
1980 |
BR4 |
F |
| BRALY |
MALCOLM |
FELONY TANK |
1961 |
|
F |
| BREWER |
GIL |
13 FRENCH STREET |
1951 |
|
F |
| BREWER |
GIL |
THE RED SCARF |
1958 |
|
F |
| CARLOTTO |
MASSIMO |
THE COLOMBIAN MULE |
2003 |
A1 |
F |
| CARLOTTO/VIDETTA |
MASSIMO/MARCO |
POISONVILLE |
2009 |
|
F |
| CARTWRIGHT |
ANTHONY |
HEARTLAND |
2009 |
|
F |
| CLARKSON |
WESLEY |
ONE BEHIND THE EAR |
2010 |
|
F |
| CLEAVE |
CHRIS |
INCENDIARY |
2008 |
|
F |
| COEN |
ETHAN |
GATES OF EDEN |
1999 |
|
F |
| CORRIS |
PETER |
O'FEAR |
1990 |
CH13 |
F |
| COX |
ANDY |
CRIMEWAVE 10 NOW YOU SEE ME (ed.) |
2008 |
|
F |
| CREWS |
HARRY |
THE SOUTHERN QUARTERLY (FALL 1998) |
1998 |
|
F |
| CURTIN |
MICHAEL |
THE COVE SHIVERING CLUB |
1989 |
|
F |
| DAHL |
K.O. |
THE FOURTH MAN |
2006 |
FF1 |
F |
| DEIGHTON |
LEN |
WINTER |
1987 |
|
F |
| DIBDIN |
MICHAEL |
DARK SPECTRE |
1995 |
|
F |
| FITCH |
STONA |
SENSELESS |
2001 |
|
F |
| FORD |
G.M. |
LAST DITCH |
1999 |
LW5 |
F |
| FOWLES |
JOHN |
THE COLLECTOR |
1963 |
|
F |
| GILLING |
TOM |
DREAMLAND |
2008 |
|
F |
| GREENE |
GRAHAM |
A SORT OF LIFE |
1971 |
|
N |
| HILL |
REGINALD |
THE WOOD BEYOND |
1996 |
D+P15 |
F |
| JAMES |
BILL |
TAKE |
1990 |
H+I6 |
F |
| JUNGSTEDT |
MARI |
UNSPOKEN |
2007 |
AK2 |
F |
| KEENE |
DAY |
NOTORIOUS |
1964 |
|
F |
| LANSDALE |
JOE R. |
RUMBLE TUMBLE |
1998 |
HC+LP5 |
F |
| LE CARRE |
JOHN |
THE LOOKING GLASS WAR |
1965 |
S4 |
F |
| LEVINE |
PAUL |
NIGHT VISION |
1991 |
JL2 |
F |
| McBAIN |
ED |
DOWNTOWN |
1989 |
|
F |
| MOORE |
DONNA |
OLD DOGS |
2010 |
|
F |
| MOSLEY |
WALTER |
FEAR OF THE DARK |
2006 |
FJ3 |
F |
| O'BRIEN |
TIM |
NORTHERN LIGHTS |
1975 |
|
F |
| O'BRIEN |
DAN |
SPIRIT OF THE HILLS |
1988 |
|
F |
| RIPLEY |
MIKE |
ANGEL ON THE INSIDE |
2005 |
FMA12 |
F |
| ROTTEN |
JOHNNY |
NO IRISH NO BLACKS NO DOGS |
1994 |
|
N |
| SAFRANKO |
MARK |
LONERS |
2008 |
|
F |
| SLIM |
ICEBERG |
TRICK BABY |
1979 |
|
F |
| SLIM |
ICEBERG |
DEATH WISH |
1988 |
|
F |
| THOMAS |
PAUL |
WORK IN PROGRESS |
2006 |
|
F |
| THOMAS |
ROSS |
VOODOO LTD |
1992 |
ACW3 |
F |
| THOMPSON |
JIM |
THE TRANSGRESSORS |
1961 |
|
F |
| TILSLEY |
JOHN |
BE A GOOD BOY JOHNNY |
1995 |
|
F |
| TIMLIN |
MARK |
ROMEO'S TUNE |
1990 |
NS2 |
F |
| WHEATLE |
ALEX |
EAST OF ACRE LANE |
2001 |
|
F |
Quite a few wedding photos would be improved by your technique, I'm sure... I haven't read any Dibdin for ages - loved that series a lot way back when.
ReplyDeleteVicki - my rates are extremely reasonable. You'll have to throw in travel expenses if I'm coming to your neck of the woods though! Not read Dibdin yet. I think I just crave and hoard books as opposed to ever reading them.
DeleteCol, every time I see your tubs I add a couple of authors whose books I aim to read this year. With Tub 16 it's John Le Carre and Graham Greene; fortunately, a revisit on both counts.
ReplyDeletePrashant I have only read the one Le Carre myself so far, though I have managed to get through a few from Graham Greene over the years. Not sure if I will get back to either this year - but I live in hope!
DeleteCol - Oh, I think you'll like the Peter Corris. That's a good series. And of course the McBain and the Block. Happy to see you have some Len Deighton too. Yes, you've got some gems there, I think.
ReplyDeleteMargot - I agree. Now I just need to find a nice quiet room and have everyone leave me in peace for the next 10 years, so I can do some catching-up! ;-)
DeleteSo many books! I can recommend the Dibdin and the Reginald Hill, most of the others are unfamiliar. Do you think your camera hand is exhausted from the logging the tubs job, and is shaky in protest?
ReplyDeleteI just found a load more Hill and Dibdin's in next week's tub. Hill has his own place in the attic - I ought to be charging him rent I reckon, the number I found! Definitely suffering from some form of RSI carrying out this endless task.
DeleteNice gems there...Especially the Brewer and Keene. I've got a book by Carlotto, but I haven't read it yet. Is it worth checking out sooner rather than later?
DeleteLove the John Lydon book and P.I.L. for that matter. Is the new Bio an update of this one or completely different?
I enjoyed Carlotto's Mast of Knots a few years ago so definitely wouldn't put you off reading him. How much have you got on the pile ahead of it?
DeleteLydon's second auto is probably what he's been up to in the past 15 years or so in addition to a recap of his early life. I'm hoping to read both at some point, but don't have the new one. I did like PIL back in the day - POPTONES, CAREERING.....I've not listened to them for a few years now though.
My stacks are unending! Ha! I collect books before I even know that I want to read them! Sometimes the mood just strikes...I love Italian genre films such as the giallo, spaghetti westerns, or the poliziotteschi. In fact, that's what got me into crime books. Argento's Bird with the Crystal Plumage is Fredric Brown's Screaming Mimi. So you see why I'm intrigued by an Italian crime book.
DeleteJames - I have a few other Italians on the stacks - Carofiglio, Camilleri, Lucarelli......more books than time! I don't think I have seen Argento's film - I'll check it out see if it's worth tracking down.
DeleteI had to go check my shelf, but At the End of a Dull Day is the Carlotto title I have. Thanks for the list. Let me know what you think of the Argento film, if you get a chance to see it.
DeleteNot sure if I have that one or not - I doubt it. I'll let you know if I catch up with the film.
DeleteLots of interesting books there. How did you get a copy of Southern Quarterly?
ReplyDeleteTracy cheers. I was on a HARRY CREWS hoovering up mission and got it from a seller on ebay a fair few years ago if memory hasn't failed me. I haven't done more than browse the journal-magazine-call it what you will. I don't have any other issues of it as it was only the fact that it was Crews drew me in.
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