Review by Crime Fiction Coordinator Scott Montgomery.I’ve been meeting retired cops, children of notorious gangsters and thugs, who are proud that their family members have been authenticated by my book. People keep bringing me new stories about the Austin crime and vice scene of the 1960s. Jesse Sublett: It’s astonished me that a book published 11 months ago still has momentum and still brings people to me, telling me how much it means to them, that they just bought a copy for their dad, or they bought ten copies for the family. What has the book brought to you after its release? MysteryPeople Scott: 1960s Austin Gangsters was released last year, and interest in the novel is still going strong. I’ve always said that criminal characters and musicians (and other artists) are alike in that they just can’t see themselves going the day job route.” “My favorite expression is “It sure beats working.” That’s how I feel about music, writing, and art, even though a lot of labor is involved-suffering and frustration, too-but the love of doing it removes the sense of it being work. We caught up with Jesse to see how things were going with his latest book, 1960s Austin Gangsters: Organized Crime That Rocked the Capitol, his music, and life in general. Local author George Wier will also be joining us to read from and sign his latest novel, Errant Knight, set in downtown Austin. Lansdale, author of the Hap & Leonard series, and the best thing to come out of East Texas since Janis Joplin left Port Arthur, will be reading from his latest Hap & Leonard, Honky Tonk Samurai. This event is free and open to the public, and we will have copies of each author’s latest for sale at the event. Noir at the Bar starts at 7 PM at Opal Divine’s at Penn Field. Thanks to Jesse, John Schulian – sportswriter, screenwriter, and now, with his debut novel A Better Goodbye, crime writer – will be joining us as well. The essential Jesse Sublett – writer, musician, and Austin institution – will be joining us again for tomorrow’s Noir At The Bar at Opal Devine’s, where he will read from his latest, 1960s Austin Gangsters, and perform some deliciously creepy murder ballads.
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