Thursday, January 06, 2011

Violent Seniors, Pestering, Gagnon, Mike Hammer, Double Don Winslow

DVD

The American by George Clooney. Incognito arms maker lives in Italy.

Fiction

Damn Near Dead 2 edited by [some guy]. "An anthology of senior noir." Crime fiction featuring senior citizen characters. Stories by Ace Atkins, Don Winslow, Christa Faust, Lansdale, Anthony Neil Smith and others. We also have Damn Near Dead which was good. EDIT: I reviewed the first one.

Kidnap & Ransom by Michelle Gagnon. Lee Goldberg did an interview and, earlier, posted a photo.

NonFiction

Saul Bellow: Letters edited by Benjamin Taylor. I've had a patron pestering me about this one. He will be happy.

AudioBook on CD

The New Adventure's of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Volume 2 by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins. 2 hours on 2 CDs. Read by Stacy Keach and cast. Collins has been working on cleaning up or almost completely writing some of Spillane's old drafts.

The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow. 20 hours on 16 CDs. Drug trade in California.

3 comments:

mybillcrider said...

"Some guy"?

Lake Mills Library said...

Just checking to see if you're paying attention.

dunedin said...

I have just finished Savages by Don Winslow and thought it was great - very enjoyable and I will read more. Dunedin