tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post3275587023899709421..comments2024-03-11T01:39:11.362-04:00Comments on At the Scene of the Crime: They Love Not PoisonPatrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-19137484070968758382011-08-01T03:01:24.207-04:002011-08-01T03:01:24.207-04:00Of course readers are still interested in these wr...Of course readers are still interested in these writers, and I have often wondered how many of the socially relevant, genre transcending literary crime novels, published over the past forty years, are still being read and collected. Surely, there must be a crowd of devotees hungry seeking out old paperbacks from the 1970s, in which authors makes pungent observations on the disintegration of society at time. And no, books appearing in the 70s and 80s that are part of a series that still run today don't count. ;) <br /><br />I'm afraid I didn't have any time this weekend to continue in the Freeman novel I am reading at the moment. So no contributing review for at least another few days.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-59361640163171804322011-07-31T20:53:44.551-04:002011-07-31T20:53:44.551-04:00Thanks for taking the time to comment, Curt. It is...Thanks for taking the time to comment, Curt. It is a shame that Wade ended up being cut out, but I look forward to a proper take on some important authors who have been since been condemned as "writers so dull they couldn't entertain a drunken fish". I wish for your book to enjoy some success, as it would be nice to see you tackle the other authors, and it would establish that, yes, readers ARE still interested in these writers!<br /><br />I borrowed out another Wade, but as I'm leaving in a matter of days for Spain, odds are I'll end up returning it to the university library unread. I hope not, though. After I finish my current read, I'll try to squeeze in a Freeman and a Wade and then go on with anything I actually own.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-66969886668808514192011-07-31T19:31:19.076-04:002011-07-31T19:31:19.076-04:00Enjoyed the review, I certainly agree with your se...Enjoyed the review, I certainly agree with your sentiments, which I think are dead-on.<br /><br />I can't wait for that book to be published either, Patrick! Though it won't have the Henry Wade chapter (or the one on the Coles), which is frustrating. But they didn't want to publish a 450 page book, I suspect, plus I had to explain that, though Wade and the Coles have been categorized as Humdrums, they are not really such, which I suppose is a bit messy conceptually. <br /><br />So it looks like I will have to push them for another book, maybe with E. R. Punshon. But several publishers told me they would not publish a book about oop authors. Clearly McFarland will, up to a point, but they are already doing the Street-Crofts-Connington book and will want to see how that goes.<br /><br />I really hoped McFarland might go for a two-volume book idea. They seemed like they might, then pulled back from it. It's a shame, because Henry Wade really was a key figure in the transition to the crime novel and was one of the better writers in the genre of the period, as well as often a good puzzler too.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.com