Merry Christmas!
(South 13th Street, Philadelphia, by your humble blogkeeper)
© Peter Rozovsky 2010
"`A fellow who'd worked for him accused him of stealing some kind of idea or invention from him. Rosewater was his name. He tried to shake Wynant down by threatening to shoot him, bomb his house, kidnap his children, cut his wife's throat — I don't know what all — if he didn't come across. We never caught him — must've scared him off. Anyway, the threats stopped and nothing happened.'
"Nora stopped drinking to ask: `Did Wynant really steal it?'
"`Tch, tch, tch,' I said. `This is Christmas Eve: try to think good of your fellow man.'"
— Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man
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Put some noir in your Christmas at Do Some Damage.© Peter Rozovsky 2010
Labels: Christmas, Dashiell Hammett, holidays, images, noir photos, Philadelphia, Philadelphia views
posted by Peter Rozovsky at 2:28 AM
23 Comments:
Great.
A good incentive to read "The Thin Man," which I now have on reserve at the library.
And a good incentive to wish you a Merry Christmas, Peter.
Buone Feste!
Merry Christmas to you, Peter. Hoping for a Great New Year for all of us, as well. :)
Kathy, I figured this post would catch your attention, since I know you'd been asking about "The Thin Man."
Funny thing is, my memory played tricks on me. I was sure the book opened on New Year's Eve, not Christmas Eve. That must be because Nick and Nora Charles are partying all the time.
Glædelig jul og godt nytår, Dorte.
Pete: As an ex-member in good standing of the Dunkin' Donuts clientele circa 1989-91, I was surprised to find your blog.
Great stuff.
Need more about Australia--every other city's been covered so when will melbourne noir appear???
I'm probably the only non-Australian in Pennsylvania who can name FOUR major mystery writers writing in Melbourne today. I'll give you Peter Temple and Garry Disher. Who are two more???
Best wishes for the holidays,
John Wirebach
Grazie, buon natale, e buon cappo d'anno!
For you, Yvette, Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and thanks for reading!
John, I'm gobsmacked, though I think that particular gang had members only in bad standing.
I have long thought that Melbourne was due for a noir book of its own.
After all, look who lives and writes there: Shane Maloney, Kerry Greenwood, Adrian McKinty and Adrian Hyland to start. And the city's crime-fiction history predates Sherlock Holmes.
Merry Christmas, and keep on reading!
John, per your request, here's more about Australia.
A holiday treat:
Here is a link to an ode to a crime-writing, whiskey-drinking St. Nick, by the terrific author of "City of Dragons," Kelli Stanley.
http://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/
Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukkah, and Fun Winter Solstice to all!
Peter
And a miserable Festivus to you and yours as well.
Buon Natale e buon capodanno anche a te, Peter!
Ciao
Marco
Thanks, Kathy. Some of the Santas in the Do Some Damage stories to which I link at the bottom of the post do a lot worse that drinking a little whiskey. And a Merry Christmas to you and yours!
And a miserable Festivus to you and yours as well.
And I hope you make it through January's miserable cold where you live.
Marco, welcome back!
Merry X-Factor! Have a good un!
And Merry X-Men to you!
!Happy Xmas, go easy on the rye Peter. Bullets and Bracelets!
But heavy on the wry! And Merry Christmas to you, too. Sleighs and slays!
Many Happy Returns of the Season.
I think I'll revert to primary colours for 2011.
And to you as well. May your prospects and your palette be bright in the coming year.
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