tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217293420910963553.post6913233523590059407..comments2023-04-18T04:57:05.205-04:00Comments on Somebody Dies: Hard Case Crime and "A Sound of Distant Drums"Craig Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340904520617472135noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217293420910963553.post-73232730539485414242018-03-23T16:34:16.383-04:002018-03-23T16:34:16.383-04:00Thanks!Thanks!Craig Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340904520617472135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217293420910963553.post-76313656072890460202018-03-23T16:26:54.567-04:002018-03-23T16:26:54.567-04:00And in "Community of Women" (1960) by &q...And in "Community of Women" (1960) by "Sheldon Lord" -- actually Lawrence Block -- we find a reference to *Westlake* along with the Distant Drums:<br /><br />"A Sound of Distant Drums, the hit drama based on the Westlake kidnaping, was playing at the Cort."Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02636779888892578489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217293420910963553.post-73848017295213123862012-10-16T09:38:25.564-04:002012-10-16T09:38:25.564-04:00Thanks for that great addition. I had no idea he ...Thanks for that great addition. I had no idea he was still doing it as late as the 1980s.Craig Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340904520617472135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217293420910963553.post-36005725768001155282012-10-15T05:37:22.380-04:002012-10-15T05:37:22.380-04:00'why me', by westlake
"Okay." K...'why me', by westlake<br /><br />"Okay." Kelp turned right, drove downtown to Greenwich Village, turned left on 8th Street, and parked just shy of the theater, whose marquee advertised "American Premiere—A Sound of Distant Drums." That was the movie May had told Dortmunder she intended to see tonight, telling him about it last night, making small talk while Dortmunder's hand had soaked in the Palmolive Liquid.<br />...............<br />"Good. It was about the evils of European influence in Africa in the last part of the nineteenth century. Very interesting soft-focus camera work. Lyrical."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217293420910963553.post-17711664001011942462009-05-26T04:53:13.106-04:002009-05-26T04:53:13.106-04:00Thanks for the addition!Thanks for the addition!Craig Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340904520617472135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217293420910963553.post-83394318295852173562009-05-25T09:31:07.304-04:002009-05-25T09:31:07.304-04:00I've been reading a lot of early Block and Westlak...I've been reading a lot of early Block and Westlake and keeping an eye out for "Distant Drums" references. I most recently found one in "Killing Time," by Donald Westlake. (This was his 2nd book after the Cutie, or The Merceneries as it was originally published as.)<br /><br />From Chapter 12: (In reference to a manuscript for a play)<br /><br />"I leaned forward and read the title upside down. A Sound of Distant Drums. If It was a hit, it would be George's first."JZIDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474407509117601963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2217293420910963553.post-70158784870493393172009-05-23T06:48:36.714-04:002009-05-23T06:48:36.714-04:00That is very interesting. I have most of the books...That is very interesting. I have most of the books you mentioned and I had no idea.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.com