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Pulpmeister · 05-13-2018, 10:10 PM

John Franklin Bardin.(1916-1981)

Author of about a dozen crime novels. I once had (possibly still have but can't find, probably in a box somewhere with all my missing left socks) the John Franklin Bardin Omnibus, (1976) which contained his first three novels:

The Deadly Percheron 1946
The Last of Philip Banter 1947
Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly 1948

The are all outstanding, and extraoordinary, while his later books are, so I believe, more conventional. Blue Tail Fly is regarded widely as his masterpiece.

05-13-2018, 10:10 PM	#49
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,509 Karma: 28893796 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	John Franklin Bardin.(1916-1981) Author of about a dozen crime novels. I once had (possibly still have but can't find, probably in a box somewhere with all my missing left socks) the John Franklin Bardin Omnibus, (1976) which contained his first three novels: The Deadly Percheron 1946 The Last of Philip Banter 1947 Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly 1948 The are all outstanding, and extraoordinary, while his later books are, so I believe, more conventional. Blue Tail Fly is regarded widely as his masterpiece.