tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post8876074610941781516..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 518: Red Harvest / Dashiell Hammett (Pocket Books 241)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-35205465394049332332012-04-27T13:06:31.469-07:002012-04-27T13:06:31.469-07:00Great book, with one of the best opening paragraph...Great book, with one of the best opening paragraphs ever.<br /><br />I've always been convinced that Kurosawa's Yojimbo was based on it, but Wikipedia tells me that's doubtful.R. McGeddonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-28814150109167430872012-04-24T05:55:18.974-07:002012-04-24T05:55:18.974-07:00I don't know which is worse, bootleg gin or em...I don't know which is worse, bootleg gin or embalmed corpse juice.Doug Brunellhttp://www.amazon.com/NOTHING-MEN-ebook/dp/B005NTW7IQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-67317257205783741532012-04-19T11:40:24.185-07:002012-04-19T11:40:24.185-07:00A great hardboiled novel by a master.
A descrip...A great hardboiled novel by a master. <br /><br />A description of bootleg gin tasting "like it had been drained out of an embalmed corpse" has stuck with me for decades...Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363685364481896091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-5794871915651264562012-04-19T09:45:39.061-07:002012-04-19T09:45:39.061-07:00"RED HARVEST is just what its name implies ....."RED HARVEST is just what its name implies ... a harvest of ill grown chrimson weeds"<br /><br />Hammett was at my dinner table in the '30's?<br /><br />Pa - Well, the north forty is a total waste due to this damned drought!<br />Ma - What did you plant there?<br />Pa - Chrimson weeds.<br />Ma - WTF!?!? You planted crimson weeds? They're fucking weeds! You don't plant weeds, you kill weeds!<br />Pa - I didn't think anything else would grow!<br />Ma - But still, you don't plant weeds! What were you going to do with them if they grew - Harvest them and sell what? Weed seeds?<br />Pa - I didn't think that far ahead.Mariusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-9501977183454067152012-04-19T06:01:27.604-07:002012-04-19T06:01:27.604-07:00It's been decades since I've read this. I...It's been decades since I've read this. I think I want to revisit ... but perhaps with a copy that has a less off-putting cover.Doug Brunellhttp://www.amazon.com/NOTHING-MEN-ebook/dp/B005NTW7IQnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-60878350083416795632012-04-18T16:50:27.937-07:002012-04-18T16:50:27.937-07:00One of the greats. Essential reading for anyone i...One of the greats. Essential reading for anyone interested in the evolution of the hard-boiled/pulp/noir/private-eye genre.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-62138638897543739942012-04-18T13:48:20.390-07:002012-04-18T13:48:20.390-07:00The thumb is erupting! The thumb is erupting! Run ...The thumb is erupting! The thumb is erupting! Run for the index finger! Every detestable character for himself!Random White Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15465220442157543305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-60268551858930923392012-04-18T10:34:49.345-07:002012-04-18T10:34:49.345-07:00Hardest job ever: Head of Tourism for Poisonville....Hardest job ever: Head of Tourism for Poisonville.Tulsenoreply@blogger.com