by NRB | 9 Mar 2018 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
Most readers will be familiar with Johnny Cash’s vengeful diatribe about the dirty, mangy dog who named his son Sue … First names go in and out of fashion. Few parents now would name a daughter Gertrude or a son Ernest but they were both once common –...
by NRB | 6 Jul 2012 | The Godfather: Peter Corris |
We know that video killed the radio star, but what killed the Western genre? Up until the 1960s the Western, in novels, pulp novelettes and short stories, was immensely popular, possibly as popular as crime fiction is today. I never saw my father open a book, but I’m...
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