tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post1343416678597258143..comments2024-03-18T03:21:25.059-04:00Comments on Vintage Hardboiled Reads: The Big Kiss-Off of 1944 by Andrew BergmanAugust Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-27594756652438373852008-11-22T12:34:00.000-05:002008-11-22T12:34:00.000-05:00John: I know the first two did come out on hardcov...John: I know the first two did come out on hardcover published by Holt, Rinehart,and Winston. And both were release in paperback (Perennial)at about the same time in 1983. That about it I believe. I don't know the history on “Tender is LeVine.”<BR/><BR/>But you gonna love a P.I. that carries a little around the middle, eats salami sandwiches, guzzles Blatz beer, and smokes Luckys.August Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-31360836820677756322008-11-22T11:49:00.000-05:002008-11-22T11:49:00.000-05:00I loved the first two, but the author's comeback v...I loved the first two, but the author's comeback volume, TENDER IS LEVINE left me cold. Really one of the most disappointing returns to a series that I can recall.<BR/>The first two, however, bristle with memorable scenes, crackling dialogue, period detail and sly humor.<BR/>Geez, did the first two just get a single paperback printing? And did TENDER IS LEVINE ever hit paper?<BR/><BR/>John HockingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-43321988298945241172008-11-21T16:43:00.000-05:002008-11-21T16:43:00.000-05:00Yeah I too am now yearning for this one.Yeah I too am now yearning for this one.Gary Dobbs/Jack Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935686140719743351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-38773664634798056612008-11-21T13:32:00.000-05:002008-11-21T13:32:00.000-05:00This one looks like a winner. I'm going to have to...This one looks like a winner. I'm going to have to seek out and find this one. Anything during WWII I'll read.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-7242030428324665892008-11-20T19:43:00.000-05:002008-11-20T19:43:00.000-05:00I loved this book when it first came out, and stuc...I loved this book when it first came out, and stuck with P.I. LeVine through his subsequent two adventures. But it's been many years now since I read the books. Perhaps I should add the pleasurable task of re-reading them all to my 2009 to-do list.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>JeffJ. Kingston Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-3939671970918623472008-11-20T19:06:00.000-05:002008-11-20T19:06:00.000-05:00Thanks, August. This looks like great fun.Thanks, August. This looks like great fun.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com