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Post by killercrab on Jun 25, 2009 1:46:13 GMT
 The Last Superbowl - Robin Moore/David Harper Manor Books Inc. 1976/1980. The infamous and much worshipped trash tome EAT THEM ALIVE first hit the Manhatten streets from Manor Books Inc. Little seems to be known about them but there's a grindhouse feel to there library ( what we know about it). THE LAST SUPERBOWL is credited to two writers - Robin Green who wrote THE FRENCH CONNECTION , THE GREEN BERETS ( A Vietnam book) and THE FIFTH ESTATE ( a Mafia thriller). David Harper however is a pseud for one of America's most successful writers ( so the book tells me).Sounds almost a proper book but that cover's a doozy... As a newsman and a former football player, I consider The Last Superbowl dynamite. This kind of violence , in fact or exposed in fiction , may indeed bring about a "last superbowl". |
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Post by Steve on Jun 25, 2009 2:47:41 GMT
David Harper however is a pseud for one of America's most successful writers ( so the book tells me) David Harper was a pseudonym used by thriller writer Edwin Corley apparently. Robin Moore's books were often co-written with somebody else. If I get chance tomorrow I'll post a few covers and blurbs from some other Manor books. |
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Post by vaughan on Jun 25, 2009 8:47:29 GMT
Agreed on the cover, that's terrific!
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Jun 25, 2009 10:53:27 GMT
Is this the same David Harper who wrote The Hanged Men, published by Hamlyn?
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Post by Steve on Jun 26, 2009 0:00:05 GMT
Edwin Corley wrote The Hanged Men, writing as David Harper (first published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1976) though I can't be sure he's also the same David Harper who wrote the book Ade's posted about above. Seems likely to me though as he was a fairly successful writer (and one-time fire-eater according to his bio) in his day - first novel was a bestseller, had several books made into films, and so forth. Died in 1981.
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Jun 26, 2009 20:25:15 GMT
Thanks for the info, Steve, sounds very much a Vault type character.
I started on The Hanged Men a while back, just a few chapters to get the idea & seems good so far. Only stopped due to loose pages, as I want to get them stuck back properly before carrying on.
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