Sunday, March 28, 2010

Carnival of the Lost

Only recently, novelist Kelli Stanley wrote about Nightmare Alley, by William Linday Gresham, as part of The Rap Sheet’s “forgotten books” series. Now comes word that NYRB Classics will reissue Gresham’s 1946 novel next in paperback in early April. I already have my order in for a copy!

Richard Rayner has more to say about Gresham’s long-out-of-print work in the Los Angeles Times.

(Hat tip to Sarah Weinman.)

2 comments:

Dave Zeltserman said...

A very good essay on the book by Jimmy Calloway in the recently released 2nd issue of Crimefactory.

Martin Edwards said...

I'd never heard of Nightmare Alley, but the story of both the book and the author's life seem utterly fascinating, even if bleak.