Many thanks to Bill Crider, who pointed me to this interesting and detailed article about Donald Hamilton’s MATT HELM books and how they compare to Dean Martin’s silly, swinging MATT HELM spy parodies. The article doesn’t examine the strangest twist in the page-to-screen saga of Matt Helm…when he became a private eye in a short-lived TV series starring Tony Franciosa.
I didn’t know you knew Bill Crider — what a small world it is. Interesting article. Thanks for sharing!
— Rachel
I just finished up THE INTRUIGERS this morning. The books fall into two categories: either they’re great, or Helms sexism pisses me off so much I can barely finish them.
On the plus side they’re usually a buck a Half-Price Books.