Comments on: They Don’t Write Novels Like They Used To, Apparently http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:03:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79825 Keir Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:37:38 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79825 Not so hard to find, I guess, thanks to a very alert publisher and author. Thanks! Not so hard to find, I guess, thanks to a very alert publisher and author. Thanks!

]]> By: Robert Goldsborough http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79815 Robert Goldsborough Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:51:37 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79815 My "hard-to-find e-book", "The Year Diz Came to Town," is now a published novel (2005)from Echelon Press retitled "Three Strikes You're Dead," set in 1938 Chicago and mixing real and fictional figures. It's a murder mystery with a backplot involving the Cubs' '38 pennant season and World Series in which Dizzy Dean plays a major role. Robert Goldsborough My “hard-to-find e-book”, “The Year Diz Came to Town,” is now a published novel (2005)from Echelon Press retitled “Three Strikes You’re Dead,” set in 1938 Chicago and mixing real and fictional figures. It’s a murder mystery with a backplot involving the Cubs’ ‘38 pennant season and World Series in which Dizzy Dean plays a major role.

Robert Goldsborough

]]> By: Karen Syed @ Echelon Press Publishing http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79805 Karen Syed @ Echelon Press Publishing Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:58:17 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79805 For those of you who have an interest in Robert Goldsborough, "The Year Diz Came to Town" has been revised and published in trade paperback as "Three Strikes You're Dead." It is part of Mr. Goldsborough's new Chicago based Snap Malek Mysteries. "Three Strikes You're Dead" is the first book in the series, followed up by "Shadow of the Bomb," and the just this past week published, "A Death in Pilsen." This series is being published by Echelon Press Publishing. "Three Strikes You're Dead" won the Love is Murder "Best Historical Mystery" award in 2006. Booklist (6/15/05 Issue) says…"Goldsborough, best known as the heir to Rex Stout via his half-dozen Nero Wolfe novels, creates a prewar Chicago that is at once sinister and appealing. He also weaves an engaging subplot involving Dizzy Dean and the Chicago Cubs' drive to the 1938 World Series. An enormously entertaining caper." --Wes Lukowsky For those of you who have an interest in Robert Goldsborough, “The Year Diz Came to Town” has been revised and published in trade paperback as “Three Strikes You’re Dead.” It is part of Mr. Goldsborough’s new Chicago based Snap Malek Mysteries. “Three Strikes You’re Dead” is the first book in the series, followed up by “Shadow of the Bomb,” and the just this past week published, “A Death in Pilsen.” This series is being published by Echelon Press Publishing. “Three Strikes You’re Dead” won the Love is Murder “Best Historical Mystery” award in 2006.

Booklist (6/15/05 Issue) says…”Goldsborough, best known as the heir to Rex Stout via his half-dozen Nero Wolfe novels, creates a prewar Chicago that is at once sinister and appealing. He also weaves an engaging subplot involving Dizzy Dean and the Chicago Cubs’ drive to the 1938 World Series. An enormously entertaining caper.” –Wes Lukowsky

]]> By: Bill http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79699 Bill Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:43:10 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79699 Here's a vote for Fredric Brown's Ed and Am Hunter novels, especially The Fabulous Clipjoint (1947)--classic pulp fiction but stylish and witty as well, and full of wonderful Chicago atmosphere. Much of The Fabulous Clipjoint takes place in the Near North neighborhood near ALA Headquarters (and was celebrated in Booklist's "Hard-Boiled Gazetteer to Chicago" in 2005). Here’s a vote for Fredric Brown’s Ed and Am Hunter novels, especially The Fabulous Clipjoint (1947)–classic pulp fiction but stylish and witty as well, and full of wonderful Chicago atmosphere. Much of The Fabulous Clipjoint takes place in the Near North neighborhood near ALA Headquarters (and was celebrated in Booklist’s “Hard-Boiled Gazetteer to Chicago” in 2005).

]]> By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79641 Keir Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:33:08 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79641 Stop, I'm blushing. Stop, I’m blushing.

]]> By: Steven http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79621 Steven Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:07:13 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2007/10/29/they-dont-write-novels-like-they-used-to-apparently/#comment-79621 My vote goes to MY FELLOW AMERICANS, by Kier Graf (2007). Very timely and loads of local color details My vote goes to MY FELLOW AMERICANS, by Kier Graf (2007). Very timely and loads of local color details

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