Category Archives: Forgotten Writers

Big as a phone book, but good enough to dial in Hammett

Posted on January 4, 2018 by gabrielswharf

There is no dearth of commentaries on Hammett’s contribution to crime fiction, or reviews of his Continental Op stories. The foremost value of Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett’s Big Book of The Continental Op, a door-stopper of a book, … Continue reading →

Posted in American Writers, Forgotten Writers, Noir | Tagged Contiental Op, crime fiction, Dashiell Hammett, hard-boiled, noir | Leave a comment

Stomatopoda (or the editor as killer crustacean)

Posted on February 4, 2017 by gabrielswharf

I translated Ingrid Astier’s essay which honors Aurélien Masson, the editor at Gallimard’s la Série Noire imprint. While the translation was intended to appear in the proceeds from NOIRCON 2016, space and printing costs excluded it. Masson received the David … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgotten Writers, Literature, Noir | Tagged Aurélien Masson, Gallimard, Ingrid Astier, noir, Noircon 2016, polars, Série Noire, translation | Leave a comment

The Wedge Through Society

Posted on August 9, 2015 by gabrielswharf

Nobody had expected the French economist Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century to become the bestseller that it did in 2014, yet another bestseller from yesteryear is equally relevant, equally incisive in its analysis, though its prose is difficult … Continue reading →