tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post3382319234120224778..comments2024-03-18T03:21:25.059-04:00Comments on Vintage Hardboiled Reads: Bring Him Back Dead by Day KeeneAugust Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-34546777680761554702008-12-11T12:31:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:31:00.000-05:00Cullen: Great to have you aboard. Looking forward ...Cullen: Great to have you aboard. Looking forward to getting your take on the pulp/hardboiled paperbacks you come across. <BR/>The site looks good and anyone who has Spillane, Goodis and Craig Rice as some of his favorites, is A-OK with me....August Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-29545300787490311942008-12-11T09:43:00.000-05:002008-12-11T09:43:00.000-05:00Thanks for the recommendation! I loved Day Keene's...Thanks for the recommendation! I loved Day Keene's HOME IS THE SAILOR and just picked up IT'S A SIN TO KILL and WAKE UP TO MURDER, but now I have to add BRING HIM BACK DEAD to my list! Also, if you get a chance, I started my own hardboiled blog at www.pulpserenade.blogspot.com and posted about Richard Prather. Hope you enjoy!Cullen Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14236957954996740924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-79895430569893909762008-12-09T10:17:00.000-05:002008-12-09T10:17:00.000-05:00Okay, I'm on it. Thanks!Okay, I'm on it. Thanks!pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-47897084567576270572008-12-08T23:16:00.000-05:002008-12-08T23:16:00.000-05:00Home is the Sailor is the novel expansion of the 1...Home is the Sailor is the novel expansion of the 15 page novelet in the June 1946 issue of Detective Tales, titled "If a Body Meet a Body". Steve Lewis' Mystery*File website discusses this story and provides a link to extensive articles about Day Keene's novels and pulp fiction. Just type Day Keene in the site's search area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-13269602264736533422008-12-08T21:59:00.000-05:002008-12-08T21:59:00.000-05:00Like others, Home is the Sailor (HCC) was the firs...Like others, Home is the Sailor (HCC) was the first Keene novel I read. And boy was it good. Keene is now up there on The List. I've found Homicidal Woman and I read what I think is his only western, Guns Along the Brazos. One of the other authors who loves Keene's work is Christa Faust, author of Money Shot. Earlier this year, in interviews, she had been reading Keene. Thanks for the review.Scott D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293540073601809197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-14878987001938973772008-12-08T20:14:00.000-05:002008-12-08T20:14:00.000-05:00I have read a dozen or so Day Keene books and, lik...I have read a dozen or so Day Keene books and, like you, August, I enjoyed them all. I must say, though, that Home Is The Sailor ranks far and away as the best. If one has never read Keene, can't go wrong with that one as a first read. Other good ones: The Brimstone Bed, Wake Up To Murder, and My Flesh Is Sweet. Note to Pattinase: most the Keenes have to be tracked down as old copies, but Home is The Sailor is available from Hard Case, and My Flesh is available from Stark House. Enjoy! And thanks August for making me aware of Bring Him Back Dead; I'll need to track down a copy<BR/>--- FrankFrank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-49701028288938616332008-12-08T20:00:00.000-05:002008-12-08T20:00:00.000-05:00My favorites are "Joy House" (1954) and "Murder on...My favorites are "Joy House" (1954) and "Murder on the Side." (1956) But the easiest one to get will probably be "Home is the Sailor," (1952) because Hard Case Crime reissued it in 2005. It's also equally as good as the other two. <BR/><BR/>http://www.hardcasecrime.com/books_bios.cgi?title=Home%20Is%20the%20SailorAugust Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11797743144228505958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1537120063567683385.post-50775919746840677862008-12-08T19:26:00.000-05:002008-12-08T19:26:00.000-05:00August-have never read one. Which one would you ch...August-have never read one. Which one would you choose to read first?pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com