tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post8053733392653659068..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 272: Home Is The Sailor / Day Keene (Gold Medal 225)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-67242532789197223812010-01-16T11:04:13.620-08:002010-01-16T11:04:13.620-08:00"She is hot in a tawdry bar slut kind of way...."She is hot in a tawdry bar slut kind of way."<br /><br />Oh. I didn't know that there was another way.cwoglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488437686564791059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-56584420758759459012009-08-06T09:16:51.906-07:002009-08-06T09:16:51.906-07:00The sailor actually looks unsure about whether or ...The sailor actually looks unsure about whether or not he likes girls. And the tawdry bar slut looks like she doesn't have a clue.C.L. Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356807727429003627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-39647274057685725442009-08-04T12:38:43.312-07:002009-08-04T12:38:43.312-07:00Their chronic pain brought them together. He woul...Their chronic pain brought them together. He would almost forget the fact that his arthritis had twisted his hand into a claw when he saw the debilitating effects of her lower back pain. <br /><br />I love this novel by the way - it's a good one. Hard Case Crime republished it a couple of years back.P.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16431406356898405676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-23488885562901688282009-08-03T17:40:23.812-07:002009-08-03T17:40:23.812-07:00Love the "patented Mitchum suck-in-gut techni...Love the "patented Mitchum suck-in-gut technique" reference. We watched the original "Cape Fear" recently and in the "strip search" scene, Mitchum could hardly get the words out he was sucking in his gut so hard. Another hall-of-fame gut-sucker: William Holden in "Picnic."<br /><br />BTW, we had a man at our Church for many years who was named "Swede." He came to America from Sweden (wow--who woulda thunk that?) when he was a kid and was always known as "Swede." When he passed away a couple of years ago, I read the obit and couldn't place him at first because the obit used his given name and not "Swede."Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-58091522791803503052009-08-03T16:29:49.552-07:002009-08-03T16:29:49.552-07:00When I first saw the cover I recognized "Swed...When I first saw the cover I recognized "Swede" immediately.<br /><br />That's Robert Mitchum<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />'s second cousin, Earl, posing for the picture. I'd recognize that patented Mitchum suck-in-gut technique anywhere. It's a family tradtion.beggar1015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-83526714156596626312009-08-03T13:06:53.982-07:002009-08-03T13:06:53.982-07:00P. S. Home is the Sailor is a first class noir rea...P. S. Home is the Sailor is a first class noir read. Perhaps a little over seeped in alcohol, but written with some great scenes. I think it is Day Keene's best book. Hard Case Crime re-published it a few years ago. It has an excellent cover representing a pivotal scene from the book. Nice art, but not near as much "fun" as the original artwork in the GM edition posted above, in that it doesn't lend itself to the funny comments folks have offered up.Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-74138029409571360392009-08-03T12:59:47.479-07:002009-08-03T12:59:47.479-07:00Anonymous ... Regarding your question about Gold M...Anonymous ... Regarding your question about Gold Medal books carrying the slogan "An Original Novel, not a Reprint." Before Gold Medal started publishing original books in paperback form, books were first released as hard backs. After the First Edition run in HB, a reprint edition in PB was released, some times by a small publishing house who bought the reprint rights. So, original First Edition PBs were a pretty big deal, and this totally changed the publishing world. There were also some legal issues involved in all this, but i don't recall the details. At least, this is my memory of the history.Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-70291868460646549972009-08-03T06:24:14.031-07:002009-08-03T06:24:14.031-07:00I'm late with the Gilligan's Island refere...I'm late with the Gilligan's Island reference, but I was thinking this is kind of like THE HOWELLS: The Honeymoon Years. :)<br /><br />Also, "Swede Nelson, ashore to stay," is an "s-space-w" away from being awesome.The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-10649485598165687802009-08-02T21:56:14.327-07:002009-08-02T21:56:14.327-07:00What lousy back cover copy -- it says practically ...What lousy back cover copy -- it says practically nothing about the novel that the front blurb doesn't already make clear. "This novel is about a guy who gets in trouble when he meets a girl" -- doesn't that cover a good portion of Western literature?Tulsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-3512624568295988242009-08-02T19:26:40.501-07:002009-08-02T19:26:40.501-07:00Well, he has quite the moldy coloring there. Befor...Well, he has quite the moldy coloring there. Before reading your blog I would've never guessed that zombies used to have solid modeling careers.<br /><br />Maybe she just got breast implants? Hence his right hand and her stance. "Go ahead, try 'em out!"<br />"Uh... I guess so." <br /><br />I like the peek of leg at the bottom of her dress.<br /><br />Those really are terrible metaphors.<br /><br />"Swede Nelson, ashore to stay" sounds like the beginning of a poem. In fact, a poem like this: <br />"Swede Nelson, ashore to stay<br />Met a hurricane tempest who liked to play <br />She didn't care he was spiky and green <br />By the author of To Kiss, or Kill - Day Keane"<br />*snaps fingers*Eunicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692212353227538810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-21552974351561817902009-08-02T18:52:23.069-07:002009-08-02T18:52:23.069-07:00It looks like she's laughing because she just ...It looks like she's laughing because she just farted and he's grossed out by the smell.<br /><br />I just started reading this blog, which I love because it is very funny. I sometimes read your NYT Crossword Puzzle blog because I am addicted to NYT crossword puzzles but live on the west coast.<br /><br />I have a question though; why do so many of the paperbacks have the sentence, "An original novel - not a reprint" on them? Is that important? What if they were reprints? Would that cheapen them somehow?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-89535112364182169482009-08-02T18:28:24.237-07:002009-08-02T18:28:24.237-07:00It looks to me like Swede's knife vanished jus...It looks to me like Swede's knife vanished just as he was on the verge of disembowelling her.Thomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05240779530288316022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-63607874245304790352009-08-02T18:02:28.807-07:002009-08-02T18:02:28.807-07:00"No Ginger! It's me - Gilligan! I've ..."No Ginger! It's me - Gilligan! I've just borrowed the Skipper's hat!"Xerxes Iguananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-57493357802936227962009-08-02T15:30:38.098-07:002009-08-02T15:30:38.098-07:00Wow. That dude is about one shot of tequila away f...Wow. That dude is about one shot of tequila away from passing out in a gutter. A fresh bottle of Bacardi for dinner indeed...Lisa in Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00169563582205982963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-83988883299097009362009-08-02T14:41:54.404-07:002009-08-02T14:41:54.404-07:00By the looks of that dirty tapa bar and Dean Marti...By the looks of that dirty tapa bar and Dean Martin there, the title should be: "Home Is The Squalor". By the same token his name should be: "Italio".<br /><br />(When a novel is described as "fast" does that mean it's easy to read?)Dirt Digglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388327861018868413noreply@blogger.com