Old Paperbacks Were Cool
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Here’s something cool.
I recently finished reading Ross Macdonald’s THE WAY SOME PEOPLE DIE. It’s a Lew Archer novel written in 1951. I loved the book. Its pace was quick and it had some excellent banter in it.
But I thought I’d share some things I found interesting about the book’s physical form.
First, check out the cover and the price. 50 cents! Wow.
The back copy was also a trip. I love the comment that Lew Archer starred in the motion picture, HARPER. It was an excellent movie with Paul Newman, but the lead character was “Lew Harper” not Archer.
And check out Ruth’s bio—“…she was a teen-age delinquent whose dreams were made of stuff…”
Finally, check out the cast of characters at the beginning of the book! What do you think about that?
Have you ever heard a great piece of advice and said to yourself, “Oh, man! That’s good. I should write that down.”
But you don’t write it down because you’re busy, then you forget that great piece of advice by the next day. Sometimes you might remember days or weeks later; other times, it’s just lost forever.