Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 15:44:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Mario
Taboada <
matrxtech@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Arthur
Lyons
<<I've had a query about Arthur Lyons, author of the
Jacob Asch mystery series. He doesn't seem to have published
any novels since 1994. Anybody here know
anything?>>
He has a relatively recent nonfiction book about B movies. I
read a very favorable review of it, though I haven't seen the
book itself. Lyons is an excellent writer.
Best,
MrT
Art's one of the greats. His Jacob Asche series is right up
there with the late Macdonald and early Parker books. Why he
stopped writing fiction is a puzzle. Probably because of his
involvement in Palm Springs politics and special events
there. He was one of the people behind the Palm Springs
Writers Conference. Not long ago, I heard that he was working
on a film festival and that Spillane was (or perhaps is) to
be the special guest.
A couple of years ago, Da Capo Press published his "Death on
the Cheap," a survey of Film Noir B Movies. Thought it might
be a sign he was getting back to the keys, but guess
not.
Dick Lochte
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