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Tag Archives: Edgar Box
Rediscovered: Steinbeck, Classical Puzzle Mystery Writer
Brian Wallace pops in a link to a long article from the Los Angeles Review of Books covering a crime novel — with werewolves, kind of — John Steinbeck wrote at the start of his career. It was 1930 and … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Wallace, Edgar Box, George Sterling, Gore Vidal, John Steinbeck, Los Angeles Review of Books
Mort: Gore Vidal
I wasn’t going to mention the passing of Gore Vidal the other day, since it seemed a little offtrail for this blog — hey, the guy was no H. P. Lovecraft. Yeah, yeah, I’ve been aware of him most of … Continue reading
