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4.0 out of 5 stars
The Pulpiest Pulp Fiction Ever,
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This review is from: Roscoes In The Night (Paperback)
Long-verdue collection of stories from Robert Leslie Bellem (1984-1968) the creator of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, most of which originally appeared in pulp magazines like SPICY DETECTIVE. Fast-paced and laugh-out-loud funny, these tales are full of cartoonish violence and endless variations on decribing the female anatomy, especially breasts ("Pert tiddly-winks," "Perky pretty-pretties"). Set in and around the movie biz, Bellem's work is like some crazed hybrid of James Ellroy and Moe Howard. Great 30's lingo, a mix of slang, rebop, and pig-latin ("She had what it takes to drive a man utsnay.").
After the pulp market dried up, Bellem finished his career writing for television, but the Perry Mason episodes he wrote don't hold a candle to the zany, sexed-up prose on display in these spicy tales. Highly recommended. |
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Roscoes In The Night by Robert Leslie Bellem (Paperback - August 18, 2003)
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