Another week, another tub.......
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| Mixing it up colour-wise! |
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| David Whitehouse, Ross MacDonald, Joseph Conrad, Mark Mills, Alex Berenson, |
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| Jo Nesbo, Michael Malone, Donald Westlake, Joseph O'Connor, Daniel Woodrell, |
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| Standalone Westlake novel. |
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| Geoffrey Household, Martin Amis, Jess Mowry, Daniel Woodrell, Cass Pennant, |
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Oakland - crime fiction!
The thirteen-year-old Corbitt Wainwright's adolescence is abruptly cut short when his father is imprisoned for attacking a white man. Tragically, dreams of success through good grades and hard work are wiped aside as white society shows him, out of both kindness and malice, that poor black kids in Mississippi don't have much of a hand in creating their own destinies. Refusing to accept this allotted role, and after a deadly confrontation with his father's accuser, Corbitt sets out for California, the land of opportunity and racial equality. Upon his arrival in West Oakland, a whole other world awaits. This is a world populated by gangs and crack dealers, violent cops and street kids, and one where the future seems even bleaker than it does back at home. Against the odds, he helps some of the local homeboys overcome one of their many predators and discovers the power of his African heritage. Finally, he learns to trust his own strength.
Filled with a remarkably diverse cast of characters and written with gut-wrenching immediacy, cutting-edge street slang, and a haunting lyricism, Six Out Seven is a brutally honest novel about what it means to be a black teenager in America today. |
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| Daniel Woodrell - a favourite author! |
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| 30s novel. |
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| John Sandford, Edward Bunker, Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry, Eugene Izzi, |
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| Charles Bukowski, James R. Benn, Patrick Conrad, Walter Mosley, Sean Hughes, |
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| WWII mystery - I think! |
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| Patrick Conrad - Belgium! |
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| Bukowski - poetry, stories and essays - I hope! |
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| Benjamin Black, Dave Pelzer, T. Jefferson Parker, Massimo Carlotto, Chuck Hogan/Guilermo Del Toro, |
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| Charlie Hood series book! |
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| Italian crime! |
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| Mark Berent, Ed McBain, James Grady, Richard Price, Bernard Cornwell, |
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| Six Days of the Condor author - James Grady! |
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| John Hart, Mark Haskell Smith, Joe R. Lansdale, Maureen Carter, Safraz Manzoor, |
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| Maureen carter - series starter! |
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| Hap and Leonard book. |
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| Mark Haskell Smith - a few laughs guaranteed! |
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| Memoir of a Pakistani journalist growing up in Luton - the town where I grew up! |
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| Philip Kerr, Gerald Seymour, John Sandford, Richard Godwin, Greg Rucka, |
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| Lucas Davenport - series book! |
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| Richard Godwin! |
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| Atticus Kodiac series book. |
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| Nathanael West - 4-fer! |
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| Spy master standalone! |
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| Post-logging look - decanted and back to blue! |
HIGHLIGHTS..... Edward Bunker (re-read)
, Joe R. Lansdale, Massimo Carlotto, Daniel Woodrell, Carl Hiaasen,
LOWLIGHTS....... the
Michael Malone series isn't crying out to me now, but I might enjoy it, not sure how
Bernard Cornwell got into the tubs either!
FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS:
| AUTHOR |
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TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
| AMIS |
MARTIN |
SUCCESS |
1978 |
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| BARRY |
DAVE |
BIG TROUBLE |
1999 |
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| BENN |
JAMES R. |
BILLY BOYLE |
2006 |
BB1 |
| BERENSON |
ALEX |
THE SHADOW PATROL |
2012 |
JW6 |
| BERENT |
MARK |
ROLLING THUNDER |
1989 |
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| BLACK |
BENJAMIN |
THE SILVER SWAN |
2007 |
Q2 |
| BUKOWSKI |
CHARLES |
BETTING ON THE MUSE |
1996 |
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| BUNKER |
EDWARD |
MR BLUE |
1999 |
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| CARLOTTO |
MASSIMO |
BANDIT LOVE |
2010 |
A3 |
| CARTER |
MAUREEN |
WORKING GIRLS |
2001 |
BM1 |
| CONRAD |
PATRICK |
LIMOUSINE |
1999 |
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| CONRAD |
JOSEPH |
THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS |
1897 |
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| CORNWELL |
BERNARD |
SHARPE'S REGIMENT |
1986 |
S17 |
| DEL TORO/HOGAN |
GUILLERMO/CHUCK |
THE STRAIN |
2009 |
ST1 |
| GODWIN |
RICHARD |
ONE LOST SUMMER |
2013 |
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| GRADY |
JAMES |
MAD DOGS |
2006 |
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| HART |
JOHN |
DOWN RIVER |
2007 |
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| HIAASEN |
CARL |
STRIP TEASE |
1993 |
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| HOUSEHOLD |
GEOFFREY |
ROGUE MALE |
1939 |
RM1 |
| HUGHES |
SEAN |
THE DETAINESS |
1997 |
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| IZZI |
EUGENE |
TRIBAL SECRETS |
1992 |
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| KERR |
PHILIP |
THE SHOT |
1999 |
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| LANSDALE |
JOE R. |
BAD CHILI |
1997 |
HC+LP4 |
| LE CARRE |
JOHN |
THE NIGHT MANAGER |
1993 |
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| MACDONALD |
ROSS |
THE MOVING TARGET |
1949 |
LA1 |
| MALONE |
MICHAEL |
FIRST LADY |
2001 |
S+M3 |
| MANZOOR |
SAFRAZ |
GREETINGS FROM BURY PARK |
2007 |
N |
| McBAIN |
ED |
KILLER'S WEDGE |
1958 |
87P7 |
| MILLS |
MARK |
THE INFORMATION OFFICER |
2009 |
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| MOSLEY |
WALTER |
ALWAYS OUTNUMBERED, ALWAYS OUTGUNNED |
1997 |
SF1 |
| MOWRY |
JESS |
SIX OUT SEVEN |
1993 |
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| NESBO |
JO |
PHANTOM |
2012 |
HH9 |
| O'CONNOR |
JOSEPH |
DESPERADOES |
1994 |
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| PARKER |
T. JEFFERSON |
IRON RIVER |
2009 |
CH3 |
| PELZER |
DAVE |
THE LOST BOY |
1997 |
LB2 |
| PENNANT |
CASS |
TOP BOYS |
2005 |
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| PRICE |
RICHARD |
THE BREAKS |
1983 |
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| RUCKA |
GREG |
SHOOTING AT MIDNIGHT |
1998 |
AK4 |
| SANDFORD |
JOHN |
BURIED PREY |
2011 |
LD21 |
| SANDFORD |
JOHN |
STORM PREY |
2010 |
LD20 |
| SEYMOUR |
GERALD |
AT CLOSE QUARTERS |
1987 |
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| SMITH |
MARK HASKELL |
SALTY |
2007 |
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| WEST |
NATHANAEL |
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST |
1939 |
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| WEST |
NATHANAEL |
MISS LONELYHEARTS |
1933 |
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| WEST |
NATHANAEL |
A COOL MILLION |
1934 |
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| WEST |
NATHANAEL |
THE DREAM LIFE OF BALSO SNELL |
1931 |
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| WESTLAKE |
DONALD |
THE SPY IN THE OINTMENT |
1966 |
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| WHITEHOUSE |
DAVID |
BED |
2011 |
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| WOODRELL |
DANIEL |
WINTER'S BONE |
2006 |
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| WOODRELL |
DANIEL |
TOMATO RED |
1998 |
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You have some great books there, Col. Hiaasen, McBain, Kerr, all of them are terrific. I really hope you'll like the Dave Barry; I thought it was a fun read.
ReplyDeleteMargot cheers, there's lots to look forward to here.I thought you might pick up on the Dave Barry! He must be due a turn in your spotlight!
DeleteWoodrell’s country noir novels are very good.
ReplyDeleteElgin - agreed, though I haven't picked one of his up for a year or two.
DeleteCol, is Dave Barry the same guy who wrote a humour column in Miami Herald? I used to read it regularly in the nineties though I haven't read his long works.
ReplyDeleteYes, he was/is a newspaper columnist, though I couldn't tell you at which paper. I always used to read Carl Hiaasen's weekly columns back in the day.
DeleteI love that Nathanael West cover. I have Tomato Red, don't know when I will read it. I read the James R Benn book. It was OK but I have more of the series to try before I give up on it. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood at the time. Mark Mills, The Information Officer. I really liked that one.
ReplyDeleteI've actually read one of the West's in the book for the Past Offences meme, but I had to buy it on Kindle because I hadn't located my copy. I read the first 20-odd pages of the Benn book when I first got it, I quite liked it but put it aside. I don't have nay more in the series, and no plans to get them either. Mills looks good, but maybe a bit intense - I want some quicker reads at the minute.
DeleteNot much to excite me there, though I too really enjoyed Dave Barry's columns: he's very funny.
ReplyDeleteDave Barry seems to be the headliner for a few people. I might look up his column, assuming he still writes one.
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