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Varg Veum

  • Books Read; Things Seen

    November 23, 2009

    • A few objects, both text and media, have recently passed under my gaze and I thought I'd share my reactions to them with you here. Shoot the Piano Player by David Goodis. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler may have first brought what is now call "noir" or hard-boiled fiction to the world, but David Goodis was one of those writers (like Jim Thompson) who took readers down ...