This weekend, nothing made happier than Eddie Muller's review of The Blonde, which appeared in his San Francisco Chronicle. I'm a huge fan of Muller's crime fiction column, as well as his film noir guides (Dark City is absolutely essential), and his two Billy Nichols novels of newspaper noir. I would say this even if he savaged me. Of course, I'm damn glad he didn't.
Muller also had great things to say about Derek Nikitas' Pyres, which I was lucky enough to read in advance (and blurb) earlier this year.
Check out the whole column right here.
Hey, man, thanks for the mention. And Muller's certainly my hero at this moment. I was glad to see that you and I were sharing the same praise-laden column space (too bad about that famous guy in the middle, though). Picked up Moon Knight yesterday--love that taser moment. Not often you see comic book heroes get tasered! Looking forward to reading The Blonde.
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I saw the reviews in the Chronicle and figured they'd make a lot of people happy -- not only Duane but also Derek and my agent Jeff, who sold "Pyres" ... Congrats to everyone.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on getting the nod from the Czar of Noir Muller himself, guys.
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