tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post5012273599944432501..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: The Day Job Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-65372785174267224112012-11-15T01:26:57.581-05:002012-11-15T01:26:57.581-05:00Alan and I were comrades in the lists in the Manha...Alan and I were comrades in the lists in the Manhattan and Queens County criminal courts. I always admired him for his genuine concern for all his clients (the poor, the oppressed, the criminally-inclined) without exception. Me? I'd pick and choose. I remember what I think was his first published short story, "The 730 Club" in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. To "730" a defendant, in Court parlance, meant to send him to Kings County or Bellevue for mental observation (a "nutter" as the Brits say). A delightful story! I read his first novel and others about The Jester and The Fools Guild. They're a Medieval European version of MI6 and the CIA. Great, witty stuff! Alan's a mensch; in his spare time he writes musical plays for Broadway (or is it Off-?).robert knightlyhttp://robertknightly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-40061125166291761122012-11-13T10:30:07.183-05:002012-11-13T10:30:07.183-05:00Delightful! In some ways Alan is my soul mate - at...Delightful! In some ways Alan is my soul mate - at least as a writer! I love his word " addiction!" How true! Thelma Straw in ManhattanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com