They won't hurt if you lie still. Besides, I remember that clout on the head. . . Irene, you and I are going to have a very short conversation. First, let me tell you that Babe Delaney is in the hospital with a bullet in his guts. Alfred, that nice-faced little doggie, is in the same hospital with a bullet in his leg. Alfred got Babe. I got Alfred. A collection of six stories, some connected, featuring hard-boiled ex-cop Donny Donahue, who works for the Interstate Detective Agency. The tales ran in Black Mask magazine from 1931-1932. This collection was published in 1950. Oddly, there are only five stories featuring women among the six, though the early days of paperbacks were a bit different. Nebel began writing for Black Mask in 1926. His first series starred the two-man team of Captain Steve McBride and reporter Kennedy. The gents were constantly busy cleaning up Richmond City. Later film adaptations replaced Kennedy with a female journalist, Torchy Blane. Nebel, recalling what his friend Dash Hammett said about Hollywood, had nothing to do with the wretched alterations to his stories, but his reputation has perhaps suffered in the films' wake.
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Nebel began writing for Black Mask in 1926. His first series starred the two-man team of Captain Steve McBride and reporter Kennedy. The gents were constantly busy cleaning up Richmond City. Later film adaptations replaced Kennedy with a female journalist, Torchy Blane.
Nebel, recalling what his friend Dash Hammett said about Hollywood, had nothing to do with wretched alterations, but his reputation has perhaps suffered in the films' wake.
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They won't hurt if you lie still. Besides, I remember that clout on the head. . . Irene, you and I are going to have a very short conversation. First, let me tell you that Babe Delaney is in the hospital with a bullet in his guts. Alfred, that nice-faced little doggie, is in the same hospital with a bullet in his leg. Alfred got Babe. I got Alfred.
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Film Noir in Print,
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As I read these stories they appear to me in black and white, dark and shadowy; hard-boiled. Although written in the 1930s, I see them as 1940s Film Noir. To me Nebel is one of the original hard-boiled detective writers to whom all those that followed owe a debt to style and atmosphere. Raymond Chandler immediately jumps to mind. I'm sure he read much of Nebel in his time. Also modern day writer Charles Ardai, who also publishes the "Hard Case Crime" novels.
Nebel's dick is a PI named Dick Donahue, a precursor to Chandler's Philip Marlowe. Donahue came nearly a generation before Marlowe and works in New York rather than LA. Like Marlowe he's is a tough loner detective up against trouble and these stories are peppered with the vernacular and lingo of the tough guy detectives of that particular genre. I loved this book. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that I purchased the Kindle edition. There are typos spread throughout and after awhile that gets kind of annoying. But don't let that get in your way. Any fan of Chandler or Dashiell Hammett will, I am certain, enjoy these stories.
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If the author was trying for a Damon Runyon type story, it didn't work. I found the slang, the situation and the general premise of the story to be unbelievable.
I enjoy period mysteries but couldn't reconcile the inconsistencies that made it difficult to know in which decade the author had placed the story.
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