Books Read 2020/2021

Borderline (Lawrence Block)
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich (Norman Ohler)
Losers Live Longer (Russell Atwood)
The Murderer Vine (Shepard Rifkin)
Pimp (Ken Bruen & Jason Starr)
Choke Hold (Christa Faust)

Quarry's Climax (Max Allan Collins)
Deadly Beloved (Collins)
Gun Work (David J. Schow)
Skim Deep (Collins)
Blood Sugar (Daniel Kraus)
Fifty-To-One (Charles Ardai)
Cut Me In (Ed McBain)

Killing Quarry (Max Allan Collins)
Quarry's Choice (Collins)
Little Girl Lost (Richard Aleas)
Double Down (Collins)
Field Gray (Philip Kerr)
Quarry's Deal (Collins)
Honey in His Mouth (Lester Dent)
Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader
Early Work 1970 - 1979 (Patti Smith)

Quarry's Vote (Collins)
Too Much of Nothing (Derek Barker; Dylan study)
If the Dead Rise Not (Philip Kerr)
Turn on the Heat (Erle Stanley Gardner)
Matters of Vital Interest (Eric Lerner; about Leonard Cohen's last years)
Two for the Money (Collins; 2 novels: Bait Money & Blood Money)
The First Quarry (Collins)
Quarry in the Middle (Collins)
The Last Quarry (Collins)
Tough Tender (Collins; 2 novels: Hard Cash & Scratch Fever)
Top of the Heap (E S Gardner)

Quarry's List (Max Allen Collins)
Quarry (Collins)
A Quiet Flame (Philip Kerr)
Last Chance Texaco (Rickie Lee Jones; superb)
Quarry in the Black (Collins)

A German Requiem (Philip Kerr)
The Wrong Quarry (Max Allen Collins)
So Nude, So Dead (Ed McBain)
Quarry's Ex (Max Allan Collins)
The One from the Other (Philip Kerr)
Edgar G. Ulmer: A Filmmaker at the Margins (Noah Isenberg)

John Wayne: the Life and Legend (Scott Eyman)
The Confession (Domenic Stansberry)
The Triumph of the Spider Monkey (Joyce Carol Oates)
Nobody's Angel (Jack Clark)
Dr. Strangelove (Peter Kramer; BFI study of the film)

Phantom Lady: Hollywood Producer Joan Harrison (Christina Lane)
Night Walker (Donald Hamilton)
The Falling Star (Ariel S. Winter)
Savage Night (Allan Guthrie)
Police at the Funeral (Ariel S. Winter)
Two-Way Split (Allan Guthrie)
A Bright and Guilty Place (Richard Rayner)
The Pale Criminal (Phillip Kerr)

Plunder of the Sun (David Dodge)
Songs in the Key of Life (Zeth Lundy; 33 1/3, Stevie Wonder Album)
Kiss Her Goodbye (Allan Guthrie)
A Touch of Death (Charles Williams)
The Last Match (D Dodge; gave up 2/3 way through)
Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop (J Ambrose)
Hard Man (Allan Guthrie)
Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood (Teri Garr)
Malniveau Prison (Ariel S. Winter)

March Violets (Philip Kerr)
Transformer (Ezra Furman; 33 1/3 book, Lou Reed album)
Brainquake (Sam Fuller)
The Galton Case (Ross Macdonald)
Black Dahlia, Red Rose (Piu Eatwell)
Blood on the Mink (Robert Silverberg)

Witness to Myself (Seymour Shubin)
Home Is the Sailor (Day Keene)
Five Came Back (Mark Harris)
Bust (Ken Gruen & Jason Starr)
Everybody Dies (Lawrence Block)
Easy Death (Daniel Boyd)

Earthbound: David Bowie and The Man Who Fell To Earth (Susan Compo)
Year of the Monkey (Patti Smith)
The Blackbird (Richard Stark)
Diamond Dogs (33 1/3 series, Glenn Hendler, the Bowie album)
Kiss Me Judas (Will Christopher Baer)
Til Wrong Feels Right (Iggy Pop)
The Blonde on the Street Corner (David Goodis)
Horses (Philip Shaw; 33 1/3 book; about Patti Smith's record)
Say It with Bullets (R. Powell)
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (John Cavanagh; 33 1/3 book about The Pink Floyd's first album)
Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise (Scott Eyman)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Barry Keith Grant, BFI film book)
Operation Breakthrough (Dan J. Marlowe)
Lemons Never Lie (Richard Stark)
The Flame: Poems Notebooks Lyrics Drawings (Leonard Cohen)
Night Squad (David Goodis)
What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? (Joseph McBride) excellent
The Dame (Richard Stark)
Of Tender Sin (David Goodis)

North River (Pete Hamill)
Paris Spleen (Charles Baudelaire)
Bringing Up Baby (Peter Swaab; BFI film book)
Operation Hammerlock (Dan J. Marlowe)
Manhunt Is My Mission (Stephen Marlowe)
Dreaming of Dylan (Mary Lee Kortes)
Steppin' on a Rainbow (Kinky Friedman)
The Night Fire (Michael Connelly)
David Bowie: A Life (Dylan Jones; oral history)
The Broken Bubble of Thisbe Holt (Philip K. Dick)
Fair Warning (Michael Connelly)
Remember Your Essence (Paul Williams)
Touch of Evil (Richard Deming; BFI film book)

Armadillos & Old Lace (Kinky Friedman)
The Rare Coin Score (R. Stark; Parker novel)
Kinky's Celebrity Pet Files (Kinky F.)
Deadly Edge (Stark; Parker novel)
Death to the Pigs & Other Writings (Benjamin Peret; surrealist poet)
The Name of the Game Is Death (Dan J Marlowe) great
One Endless Hour (D J Marlowe)
The Sour Lemon Score (Stark; Parker novel)
Out of the Silence: After the Crash (Eduardo Strauch)
The Wounded and the Slain (David Goodis)
The Prisoner of Vandam Street (Kinky Friedman)
Butcher's Moon (Stark, the last Parker I read)

The Vengeance Man (Dan J. Marlowe)
The New Book/A Book of Torture (Michael McClure)
The Jugger (Richard Stark; Parker book)
The Score (Stark; Parker book)
Park Avenue Tramp (Fletcher Flora)
Black Wings Has My Angel (Elliot Chaze)
The Screaming Mimi (Fredric Brown)
The Mourner (Stark, Parker book)
Cassidy's Girl (David Goodis)
Slayground (Stark...Parker)
The Prettiest Girl I Ever Killed (Charles Runyon)
The Handle (Stark, Parker book)
Black Friday (David Goodis)

The Outfit (Richard Stark, a Parker book)
Meanwhile Back at the Ranch (Kinky Friedman)
Death Is My Comrade (Stephen Marlowe; a Chet Drum book)
The Man with the Getaway Face (R. Stark, Parker book)
Young Orson (Patrick McGilligan; Orson Welles before "Citizen Kane") very good
The Black Ice Score (Stark, Parker book)
BackFlash (Stark, Parker book)
Never Live Twice (Dan J. Marlowe)
The Green Eagle Score (Stark, Parker book)
361 (Donald Westlake)
The Mile High Club (Kinky Friedman)
The Split (Stark, Parker book)
Plunder Squad (Stark, Parker)
The Billy Bob Tapes (Billy Bob Thornton)

Trouble Is My Name (Marlowe, Drum series)
Flashfire (Richard Stark, Parker book)
Breakout (Stark; Parker book)
Nobody Runs Forever (Stark; Parker book)
Spanking Watson (Kinky Friedman)
The Right Mistake (Walter Mosley; a Socrates Fortlow book)
Comeback (Stark, a Parker book)
Ask the Parrot (Stark, Parker)
Based on a True Story (Norm MacDonald)
Point Blank (Stark, Parker book)
Dirty Money (Stark, Parker)

Autumn Rhythm (R. Meltzer)
Deus Irae (PKD) second reading; 1st read in 70s)
Danger Is My Line (S. Marlowe, Drum series)
Americana (Ray Davies; Kinks)
Murder Is My Dish (Marlowe, Drum series)
Firebreak (Richard Stark) 1st of many Parker books)
Ten Little New Yorkers (Kinky Friedman)
Double Indemnity (Richard Schickel; BFI film book)
God Bless John Wayne (Kinky Friedman)

Drum Beat -- Dominique (Marlowe; Drum series)
The Velvet Underground and Nico (33 1/3 series; discusses the classic record of '67)...very good book
Jeopardy Is My Job (Marlowe; Drum series)
L.A. Is the Capital of Kansas (Richard Meltzer)
Drum Beat -- Berlin (Marlowe)
William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock (WSB's influence)
Orson Welles and Roger Hill: A Friendship in Three Acts
Black Dahlia Avenger (Steve Hodel; second reading) highly recommended
Model for Murder (S. Marlowe)
Brain Droppings (George Carlin)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers) superb

The Second Longest Night (Stephen Marlowe; 1st of many Chester Drum books)
The Search for Philip K. Dick (Anne R. Dick; autobiography)
Dr. Bloodmoney (PKD; second reading, first read in 70s)
Violence Is My Business (S. Marlowe; Chet Drum)
Turn Left for Murder (Marlowe; Chet Drum)
It Ain't Necessarily So (Larry Adler auto., blacklisted harmonica virtuoso)
Me and Mr. Welles (auto. by young Welles assistant)
Drum Beat -- Erica (Marlowe)

Don't Hide the Madness (last conversations/interviews, Ginsberg and Burroughs)
Clock Without Hands (Carson McCullers)...wonderful
A Maze of Death (Philip K Dick; 2nd reading, first in 70s)
The Burglar (Goodis)

The Digging Leviathan (Blaylock)
Belle de Jour (BFI film book)
Picture (filming of Huston's "Red Badge of Courage")
The Moon in the Gutter (David Goodis)
Street of No Return (David Goodis)...Great