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In 1977 Don Herron began leading The Dashiell Hammett Tour, now the longest-running literary tour in the nation. On this site you’ll find information on current walks — dates, where to meet, arranging tours by appointment — plus a hard-boiled blog with news, reviews of books and film, and a dash of noir.
The latest and greatest edition to self-guide you up and down the mean streets.
Willeford: The Book
Includes the first “Mr. Hunt” story, “Knives in the Dark.”
Tag Archives: Palookaville
Rediscovered: Tom Kakonis
On the tour Sunday various people asked me at various times as we hiked along whether or not Pinkerton’s was still around — couldn’t say for sure, but something easy to Google up and resolve. Not that any of us … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, News, Tour
Tagged Armored, Armored Car Robbery, Brash Books, Criss Cross, Palookaville, Tom Kakonis
Sinister Cinema: A Couple of Popes
Breaking the pattern of recent years, this season I didn’t offer the usual Palm Sunday Tour in honor of Charles Willeford’s death, which fell on a Palm Sunday, March 27, 1988 — Willeford, who would be crowned posthumously by the … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Tour, Willeford
Tagged Burt Young, Change War, Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts, Fritz Leiber, Gary Oldman, Mickey Rourke, Palm Sunday Tour, Palookaville, Sid and Nancy, The Pope of Greenwich Village
