Frederick Nebel (1903–1967)
Autor de Tough as Nails: The Complete Cases of Donahue: from the Pages of Black Mask
Series
Obras de Frederick Nebel
The Complete Air Adventures of Gales & McGill, Volume 1: 1927-29 (The Frederick Nebel Library) (2017) 3 copias
The Complete Air Adventures of Gales & McGill, Volume 2: 1930-31 (The Frederick Nebel Library) (2017) 2 copias
Wise Guy 1 copia
Dog Eat Dog 1 copia
The Law Laughs Last 1 copia
Red Pavement [short story] 1 copia
Law Without Law 1 copia
Graft 1 copia
Backwash 1 copia
The Frontier of Vengeance: The Complete Northwoods Stories of Frederick Nebel, Volume 2 (The Frederick Nebel Library) (2022) 1 copia
Sleepers West 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps (1983) — Contribuidor — 49 copias
Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark and Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine (2011) — Contribuidor — 32 copias
The Scarlet Riders: Action-Packed Mountie Stories from the Fabulous Pulps (1998) — Contribuidor — 11 copias
Black Mask Audio Magazine, Vol. 1: Classic Hard-Boiled Tales from the Original Black Mask (2008) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - 1958/08 — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1903-11-03
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1967-05-03
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
Miembros
Reseñas
También Puede Gustarte
Autores relacionados
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 32
- También por
- 10
- Miembros
- 132
- Popularidad
- #153,555
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 24
- Favorito
- 1
But then there are the really, really nasty anti-Italian slurs to contend with. I'm vehemently opposed to cancel culture, but my intent here is not to "cancel" Nebel: simply to let you know what you're getting. Mystery writer Michael Grost rightly observes that "Raw Law," the first story in this collection, "is among the more offensively racist works in pulp fiction history." Even the most hard-bitten reader will wince a time or two, and I'm not exaggerating. The politically correct scolds who have waged a futile campaign against the work of H.P. Lovecraft would have a field day with Nebel, if only they were aware of him. (They aren't, because they haven't read widely enough.) Examining the author's photograph, looking at the long, sneering face and domed forehead, it is of course impossible to determine the origin of his prejudice. A general arrogance is evident, and one wonders if Nebel ever expressed his racial views beyond the safe confines of the printed page. Hopefully it got him punched a time or two, if so.
In 2007, the first five of these stories were published back to back (in The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps) as The Crimes of Richmond City, a kind-of novel. Given their general saminess, however, I wouldn't recommend reading them as a novel; there's nothing resembling suspense or plot development, just cops versus robbers and/or corrupt politicians in story after story. They work better as individual pieces, and are fun in a limited sort of way when you're in the mood for something like Hammett's Red Harvest or Raoul Whitfield's Green Ice. Nebel became a better, more fully rounded writer in time, and the later MacBride & Kennedy stories are among the high points of his career.… (más)