Monday 9 February 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART EIGHTEEN

Another week, another tub..........

Reginald Hill, Michael Dibdin and Lawrence Block week apparently
Tub 18 - before view
Jerry Stahl - Perv - A Love Story

5 from Block, 4 of them Matthew Scudders

I need to grab a copy of the film

Randy Wayne White, Arthur Lyons, Max Allan Collins, Sol Yurick, Brian Garfield

Loved the film back in the day

Death Wish follow on

Dornford Yates, Nathan Englander, Kyril Bonofiglioli, 2 non-fictions

Appealing cover

Greg Rucka, Karin Fossum, Dorothy L. Sayers, Lionel Davidson

Johannes Mario Simmel, Randy Wayne White, Margaret Yorke, 2 from Arthur Lyons

Best cover in the tub, I reckon

Block and Collins again, Robert Crais, plus non-fiction

Uk Crime author - Mark Billingham




Reginald Hill - mainly Dalziel and Pascoe

Ditto

Non-series book from him

Michael Dibdin x 5

Me and my dodgy camera hand

Nice cover

Robert Crais, S.J. Bolton, Charles Bukowski, Jerry Stahl, plus a non-fiction
Richard Condon - I have a film version somewhere

Post-logging view


Highlights.... I do like Lawrence Block and his Matthew Scudder books, I reckon I will also enjoy the Arthur Lyons books which are part of his Jacob Asch PI series which came out in the 70's, 80's and 90's.

Not yet tried Reginald Hill or Michael Dibdin.......I got these free from someone who was getting rid .... they should be good....when I find the time!

Lowlights.... nothing particularly, though I do wonder when I will read the Geoffrey Robertson - Justice Game book, or Butler's The Rotten State of Britain. 



Full list of 50...........


AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES FICTION/NON
BILLINGHAM MARK FROM THE DEAD 2010 TT9 F
BLOCK LAWRENCE A DANCE AT THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE 1991 MS9 F
BLOCK LAWRENCE OUT ON THE CUTTING EDGE 1989 MS7 F
BLOCK LAWRENCE A TICKET TO THE BONEYARD 1990 MS8 F
BLOCK LAWRENCE A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES 1992 MS10 F
BLOCK LAWRENCE WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES 1986 MS6 F
BLOCK LAWRENCE NOT COMIN' HOME TO YOU 1974 F
BOLTON S. J. NOW YOU SEE ME 2011 LF1 F
BONFIGLIOLI KYRIL SOMETHING NASTY IN THE WOODSHED 1976 M2 F
BUKOWSKI CHARLES WOMEN 1978 F
BURROUGHS AUGUSTEN RUNNING WITH SCISSORS 2002 N
BUTLER EAMONN THE ROTTEN STATE OF BRITAIN 2009 N
COLLINS MAX ALLAN THE FIRST QUARRY 2008 Q7 F
COLLINS MAX ALLAN QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE 2008 Q8 F
CONDON RICHARD THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 1959 F
CRAIS ROBERT THE SENTRY 2011 EC12 F
CRAIS ROBERT THE TWO MINUTE RULE 2006 F
DAVIDSON LIONEL MAKING GOOD AGAIN 1968 F
DIBDIN MICHAEL DIRTY TRICKS 1991 F
DIBDIN MICHAEL DEAD LAGOON 1994 AZ4 F
DIBDIN MICHAEL RATKING 1988 AZ1 F
DIBDIN MICHAEL A LONG FINISH 1998 AZ6 F
DIBDIN MICHAEL BLOOD RAIN 1999 AZ7 F
ENGLANDER NATHAN THE MINISTRY OF SPECIAL CASES 2007 F
FOSSUM KARIN DON'T LOOK BACK 2002 IS2 F
GARFIELD BRIAN DEATH SENTENCE 1975 DW2 F
HILL REGINALD ON BEULAH HEIGHT 1998 D+P17 F
HILL REGINALD ARMS AND THE WOMEN 1999 D+P18 F
HILL REGINALD EXIT LINES 1984 D+P8 F
HILL REGINALD CHILD'S PLAY 1987 D+P9 F
HILL REGINALD PICTURES OF PERFECTION 1993 D+P14 F
HILL REGINALD UNDER WORLD 1988 D+P10 F
HILL REGINALD FELL OF DARK 1971 F
HILL REGINALD A PINCH OF SNUFF 1975 D+P4 F
HILL REGINALD ASKING FOR THE MOON 1995 D+P16 F
HILL REGINALD RECALLED TO LIFE 1992 D+P13 F
LYONS ARTHUR AT THE HANDS OF ANOTHER 1983 JA7 F
LYONS ARTHUR DEAD RINGER 1977 JA6 F
LYONS ARTHUR THREE WITH A BULLET 1985 JA8 F
NYE CHRISTOPHER MAXIMUM DINER 2004 N
ROBERTSON GEOFFREY THE JUSTICE GAME 1998 N
RUCKA GREG SMOKER 1998 AK3 F
SAYERS DOROTHY L. GAUDY NIGHT 1935 PM12 F
SIMMEL JOHANNES MARIO THE MONTE CRISTO COVER UP 1960 F
STAHL JERRY PERV - A LOVE STORY 1999 F
WHITE RANDY WAYNE BLACK WIDOW 2008 DF15 F
WHITE RANDY WAYNE THE MANGROVE COAST 1998 DF6 F
YATES DORNFORD BLIND CORNER 1927 C1 F
YORKE MARGARET SPEAK FOR THE DEAD 1988 F
YURICK SOL THE WARRIORS 1965 F


10 comments:

  1. Col - I was going to mention the Block novels too - I think that's a great series. And I really do hope you'll enjoy the Dalziel and Pascoe novels. To me, that's a terrific police procedural series. The Dibdins are good, too, in my opinion. Oh, and I like that title: Something Nasty in the Woodshed...

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    1. Margot - there's a lot here to get on with. I think I will enjoy most of them, assuming I finish cataloging and can start reading a bit faster! SOMETHING NASTY IN THE WOODSHED - probably the best title in the bunch, and it was the clincher when I bought it!

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  2. Col, I have a paperback of A WALK IN THE TOMBSTONE but not with the same cover. Mine is white/off-white though I don't remember what's on the cover. I'm curious about THE WARRIORS as I have never heard of the author.

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    1. I reckon TOMBSTONE must have had many many printings over the years since it originallly came out. I'd be more surprised if we had the same edition I think!

      YURICK - I just looked up - Jewish writer from New York, now deceased. Had about 5 or 6 novels out - THE WARRIORS was from the mid-60's and was released as a motion picture in 1979. I absolutely love the film......gangs, violence, friendships, betrayal, teenage hoods...my cup of tea!

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    2. Col, the film version sounds good and I'll probably have more luck with it than the book.

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    3. Happy viewing! It might be a bit-dated now, but I liked it - particularly the clowns and the baseball dudes! http://www.warriorsmovie.co.uk/gangs

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  3. You certainly mix them up Col, that's a very varied selection. A Kyril Bonfiglioli book has just been turned into a film starring Johnny Depp - it got terrible reviews. I tried one of the books years ago, and absolutely hated it: throw-across-the-room hated it. Of course you may love him!

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    1. I think there's a bit of a blurb from Stephen Fry on the back cover of the Bonfiglioli which also helped sell it to me - that and the 50p price tag! Throw across the room loathing - I ought to move it up the pile then! I'll check out the Depp film, though I'm not a massive fan TBH.

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  4. There is a lot of variety in this bucket, as Moira points out. I am interested in Arthur Lyons, but I cannot remember where I heard of him. I just looked him up and now I am even more interested... so thanks.

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    1. I reckon Lyons was one of those kind of mid-list authors you used to see on the shelves maybe 25 years ago, perhaps 30. I always used to pick-up NO EXIT PRESS books - a crime fiction imprint in the UK.

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