Warlock (1959)

[Charles Albert]

Given your precocious sense of perspective, could you provide a few examples
of "Non-pulp" western novels written before 1965?

much obliged.



love,
cfa

On 4/15/06, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Favorite books, movies, music, etc.,  are  things we can always count
> upon to bring the p-list to life.
>
> Favorites lists  are a way of defining for ourselves and others WHO
> WE ARE.
>
> I am reminded of quite a perceptive passage in Mary Gaitskill's
> _Veronica_.
>
> The non-eponymous protagonist of the novel describes how her
> taciturn, if not downright morose, father handles self-definition.
>
>
> "My father used to make lIsts of his favorite popular songs, ranked
> in order of preference. These lists were very nuanced, and they
> changed every few years. He'd walk around with the list in this hand,
> explaining why Jo "G.I. Joe" Stafford was ranked just above Doris
> Day; why Charles Trenet topped Nat King Cole--but by a hair only. It
> was his way of showing people things about him that  were too private
> to  say directly. For  a while, everybody had some idea what Doris
> Day versus Jo Stafford meant;  to  give a preference for one over
> the  other signaled a mix of feelings that were secret and tender;
> and  people could sense  these  feelings when they imagined the
> songs  side by  side."
>
> p. 15-16
>
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