Yesterday Bookseller.com (and the Rap Sheet) reported that UK publishing house Quercus picked up the rights to a long-lost Mario Puzo novel: Six Graves to Munich. It was published under a pen name ("Mario Cleri") just a year before The Godfather. Not only do I love the sound of this, but I'm a fan of those late 1960s Banner paperbacks, which include David Goodis's last novel, Somebody's Done For, a cool reprint of David Karp's Hardman, as well as Gil Brewer's The Tease and Sin For Me. And Puzo/Cleri novel looks just as cheesy/cool. But can a used copy be found anywhere online? Nope. Looks like I'm going to have to wait until next June to check this out... and even then, I'm sure it'll feature some sleek, perfect bestseller-y kind of cover, a far cry from the pulpy glory of the original Banner cover.
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That IS a great cover. And the timing is just so ripe -- a year before The Godfather? It's Puzo's Richard Bachman novel.
What a great title too. Sounds like a cross between a Jack Higgins novel and a spaghetti western.
Off topic, but have you read DEAD CITY by Shane Stevens? Its main character supposedly inspired the villain in Stephen King’s THE DARK HALF. I was wondering if it was good enough to warrant tracking down a copy. Sounds like something up your alley.
I own it, Mike, but haven't read it yet. I should dig it out...
Hey Duane,
I found a copy at alibris.com...
http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?binding=&mtype=&keyword=Six+Graves+to+Munich&hs.x=0&hs.y=0&hs=Submit
That link might not work, but just search it at alibris.
$25.00
Thanks, Monkeyfeather... but it looks like that copy is already gone. Appreciate the tip, though!
There's a copy of this book on Abe right now. 400 bucks. Yow!
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