Monthly Archives: August 2018

Hammett: Gutman’s Daughter Preying on Minds

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Don

I was just mentioning to Bill Arney that our days of hanging out in San Francisco bars between ten and twenty years ago was a Golden Age, and that I said so at the time. Golden Ages don’t slip past me … Continue reading →

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Hammett: And Stein

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Don

Nathan Ward just informed me of a tidbit he did for Crimereads, about the meeting of Hammett and Gertrude Stein. If you have his bio of Hammett, The Lost Detective, you’ve already got the gist of the incident. Especially these … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Chandler and the Great War

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Don

Brian Wallace lets me know about news popping in scattered corners of the noir universe. I suspect he thinks I’m too lazy to look for the stuff myself, and if so, he isn’t wrong. For many long years I have operated under the … Continue reading →

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Mort: Gus Konstin

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Don

And Brian Wallace just popped me the sad news from the San Francisco Chronicle that Gus Konstin — owner of John’s Grill — has died. Under Gus’s tenure, the grill set up the various tributes to Hammett, in celebration of … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Rob Roehm on Previous Discovery of “Racial Standpoint”

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Don

Just got in a note from Rob Roehm, a Big Name Fan in Robert E. Howard circles in recent years, tireless tracker of any mention of the Howard family in courthouses and county records across Texas. My favorite of his … Continue reading →

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