…and what could be more patriotic than guns and gun books?
This isn’t quite as patriotic as it could be, since the first two of these are about Africa. And the second two are duplicates of existing books in my collection, so I’m not going to spend as much time on them as I usually do.
El jumperino here…
Robert Towne. NYT. IMDB.
A couple of quibbles:
I think all of these are fine writers, but I would also add William Goldman. I don’t think I’d put him ahead of Wilder, but I think I would put him ahead of the Coen brothers (maybe, and just by a nose) and possibly ahead of Towne. And I suspect Goldman would tell me it isn’t a competition and I shouldn’t worry about it.
Interesting, since “8 Million Ways to Die” seems to be thought of as a piece of s–t: not just by Block/Scudder fans, but by almost everyone. (To be fair, there was a lot of studio interference with the movie.)
Michael Corcoran, local music journalist and historian.
Very brief catch up here:
Martin Mull. NYT. IMDB.
I was involved in the Great Folk Music scare back in the sixties, when it almost caught on.
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day, one and all!