tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post3191827147281827705..comments2024-03-28T18:21:09.285-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Peter McCurtin Catalog/Checklist from Lynn MunroeJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-57356147761233121092015-12-15T20:32:52.371-06:002015-12-15T20:32:52.371-06:00I’ve long been interested in who wrote which insta...I’ve long been interested in who wrote which installments in the Lassiter series, primarily because it’s so very uneven. The best books have a hardboiled, grim intensity to them, while the worst were a challenge to read. <br /><br />I’ve read a lot of Lassiters and, while ditching the weaker ones, I’ve added the ones I liked to my shelves. I’m a little surprised to find that all the keepers were by Peter McCurtin except A Hell of a Way to Die (by the peerless Ben Haas) and Durango Kill, a novel from 1975 that apparently still no one knows who wrote. Durango Kill is very different in flavor than McCurtin’s stuff, but still good fun, with a plot that seems conceived after a grueling binge-watch of the better spaghetti westerns.<br /><br />There’s still a couple McCurtin Lassiters that I haven’t read. Maybe the Holidays will give me the time to sit down and fix that.<br /><br />John HockingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-42541021547484715282015-12-14T23:16:58.896-06:002015-12-14T23:16:58.896-06:00Thanks for shining the spotlight on a fine writer ...Thanks for shining the spotlight on a fine writer whose work I've always enjoyed and admired. Stephen Mertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08531248810283345577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-46673944441954304182015-12-14T19:38:55.509-06:002015-12-14T19:38:55.509-06:00"Winner of the Mesquite Award" -- too fu..."Winner of the Mesquite Award" -- too funny! I'm pretty sure I bought MAFIOSO from the newsstand rack, back in the day, but I don't remember a blessed thing about it!Fred Blosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07307848103704970189noreply@blogger.com