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2 juil. 2024 · Evan Hunter was a prolific American writer of best-selling fiction, of which more than 50 books are crime stories published under the pseudonym Ed McBain. Hunter graduated from Hunter College (1950) and held various short-term jobs, including playing piano in a jazz band and teaching in vocational.
Il y a 2 jours · In the latest episode of ELLROY READS I look at one of the all-time great crime novel series - the 87th Precinct by Ed McBain. I discuss some of the many identities of McBain, focusing specifically on his novel King's Ransom and its superlative film adaptation High and Low by Akira Kurosawa. Finally, I discuss the considerable…
Il y a 5 jours · Pendant ce temps, la Tōhō acquiert à la demande de Kurosawa les droits d'adaptation de Rançon sur un thème mineur (King's Ransom, 1959), roman policier de la série 87 e District d'Ed McBain. Kurosawa veut en effet réaliser un film dénonçant le kidnapping, qu'il considère comme l'un des pires crimes.
27 juin 2024 · Book review: “’Til Death” by Ed McBain. Patrick T. Reardon June 27th, 2024. On what should be the happiest day of his life — the day of his marriage to Angela Carella — the shy and affable Tommy Giordano is the target of not one but two murder efforts, involving several attempts on his life.
Il y a 5 jours · July 11, 2024 by Nancy McKeand. I wanted something short and easy to read, so I went back to Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct with the 2nd book in the series, The Mugger. It was pretty quick and easy and a good story, to boot! The detectives solve the mystery that gives the book its title. A man is mugging women and thanking them at the end of the ...
25 juin 2024 · I just finished Cop Hater by Ed McBain. It is the first 87th Precinct novel. I had read some of the series a long, long time ago, and I was happy to see how they fared.
9 juil. 2024 · Salvatore Lombino is equally known as "Ed McBain" and "Evan Hunter", and before he used both pen names on "Candyland" he adapted "Fuzz" as Hunter. His fictional Isola, home of the 87th Precinct, is based on New York, but for some reason the film was set in Boston.
