![]() ![]() It is filled with the sense of desperation, the sense of nowhere to turn to, down on your luck with the whole world turned against you. “A Night For Screaming” is without question a five-star read. He was also one of the greatest of the pulp writers of the fifties and captured the essence of the pulpy feel almost effortlessly. Harry Whittington was nicknamed the King of the Paperbacks, having penned over 170 of them in his lifetime. "A Night for Screaming.ranks high among Whittington's finest work." “I bought the book, went home, and read it in one sitting because, what else could I do? That's the kind of book it is” "The damned thing is almost on fire, it reads so fast." And one way or the other, nobody leaves the farm. The farm looks like a good place to hide out from Fred Palmer, his pursuer and former partner, and the local cops, but Walker soon finds himself caught between the jealous battle of his new employer, and Cassel's beautiful wife, Eve. So Walker hops a train and ends up in a small town in Kansas, where he signs up to work at a huge farm owned by Barton M. With a new introduction by Bill Crider, author of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series.Įx-cop Mitch Walker is on the run after being wrongfully accused of murder. Lansdale calls "the king of plot and pace." The noir classic by the author whom Joe R. ![]()
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