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Hometown:: Turku, Finland

About Me:: Non-fiction writer, translator, small press publisher, avid reader of hardboiled and noir, both old and new

I Am A:: Reader, Writer, Publisher, Editor, Critic

Website:: http://pulpetti.blogspot.com

Books And Authors I Like:: Kevin Wignall, Jason Starr, Dashiell Hammett, Peter Rabe, Gil Brewer, Harry Whittington, Raymond Chandler, Floyd Mahannah, Ben Benson, Tapani Bagge, Philip K. Dick, Alfred Bester, Howard Browne's THE TASTE OF ASHES, John Jakes's GIVE ME THIS WOMAN

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Touch of Evil, Le Samouraï, Reservoir Dogs, 23 Grams, Babel, The Mirror; Shield, Sopranos, The Wire

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Been a hell of a Fall

Sorry not to have been here almost for all of the Fall. Been too stressful, with everything flying in air at the same time - and I literally mean it. (Umm, no, not the things flying in the air part... That hasn't happened. Yet. We'll keep our fingers crossed.)

The paperback line was delayed, but Duane's and Al's books are coming out in March and April. Kevin Wignall's Who Is Conrad Hirst? (which is one of the best thrillers I've ever read) should follow in June. Then come James… Continue

Posted on December 21, 2008 at 2:30am

Editing the translation

Again, sorry for the absence. I've been swamped with work for two months and haven't really had the time to do any side stuff.

I'm editing the Finnish translation (my own) of Duane Swierczynski's The Wheelman. The translation will be out in October and will start a new paperback line I'll be editing - handpicking the best of the new hardboiled and noir. Al Guthrie's Kiss Her Goodbye will be the next novel in the series. Arrangements have been made for another three… Continue

Posted on June 23, 2008 at 9:14pm — 14 Comments

And now in Sweden

I posted more stuff on Nordic private eyes, this time with the help of Anders Engwall, who's the premiere hardboiled aficionado in Sweden. Here's his lengthy comment:

http://pulpetti.blogspot.com/2008/04/swedens-private-eye-novels.html

Posted on April 16, 2008 at 9:36pm

Finnish private eye novel at its best

Check out my long blog post at Pulpetti:

http://pulpetti.blogspot.com/2008/04/jorma-napolas-one-off-private-eye-novel_13.html

Posted on April 14, 2008 at 11:35pm — 1 Comment

Current readings

After having finished editing my porn book and writing another one (both, sadly (?), non-fiction), I've been reading Bill Granger's Schism from 1981. It's one of his Devereaux spy novels. I'm not big on spy novels, but I find myself liking this very much. It's about a Vatican spy that worked as a missionary in Vietnam and Laos in the fifties, disappeared and gets back around 1980. CIA, Vatican and other people are of course interested in him and Devereaux is hired to find out what the man… Continue

Posted on April 10, 2008 at 11:00pm — 6 Comments

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At 9:00am on December 21, 2008, Sandra Ruttan said…: Cool! Not sure I want to imagine the art for this one!

At 1:26am on June 24, 2008, L.J. Sellers said…: Just saying Hi from another editor/writer.

At 12:31am on June 24, 2008, Sandra Ruttan said…: Hi Juri,

No, I didn't get the e-mail. Try sandraruttan @gmail .com (without the spaces) and see if that works.

Cheers,
Sandra

At 4:21am on December 6, 2007, David Terrenoire said…: Juri, I honestly don't know what the date of that piece was. Tribe had to send me a copy because I no longer had one and he did that a month or so ago.

At 12:39am on November 29, 2007, Juri Nummelin said…: That one I haven't read as yet...

At 12:29am on November 29, 2007, Sandra Ruttan said…: Write something nice?

Hey, TO DIE FOR puts a smile on my face. ; )

At 11:14pm on November 28, 2007, Sandra Ruttan said…: I feel I should almost apologize for lightening up your recent reading, considering your blog posts above! I mean, those stories are dark, but not the same shade of black as Hard Man (which I loved) etc.

At 11:07pm on November 28, 2007, Sandra Ruttan said…: Hey Juri, nice to meet you here! Love your picture.

At 6:35pm on November 13, 2007, Vince Keenan said…: Thanks for the invite. I'm a fan of your blog and your RA posts.

At 8:27pm on September 24, 2007, Juri Nummelin said…: It's a cover for a seventies Finnish crime digest. Probably the ugliest and stupidest cover I've ever seen.