Category Archives: Crime fiction and film from Singapore

Kinda Hot: the making of Peter Bogdanovich’s Saint Jack

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Andrew Nette| 7 Comments

Towards the end of Kinda Hot: The Making of Saint Jack in Singapore, Peter Bogdanovich tells the book’s author Ben Slater: “Some of the best things are things that just happen once and then don’t happen again. They just don’t. Now … Continue reading →

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One Ashore in Singapore kicks off Beat to a Pulp’s 2013 schedule

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Andrew Nette| 3 Comments

A quick heads up that my short story, ‘One Ashore in Singapore’ is kicking off Beat to a Pulp’s 2013 fiction schedule. For readers, particularly in Australia, who are not familiar with Beat to a Pulp, it’s one of several sites … Continue reading →

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Posted in Asian noir, Australian crime fiction, Crime fiction and film from Singapore

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Pulp Friday: spy pulp part 2, Assignment Asia

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Andrew Nette| 6 Comments

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of James Bond, last week’s Pulp Friday was a selection of spy themed pulp covers. This week’s post takes us to one of the main battlegrounds for pulp spies in the sixties and seventies – … Continue reading →

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Posted in Coronet Books, Crime fiction and film from China, Crime fiction and film from India, Crime fiction and film from Japan, Crime fiction and film from Singapore, Fawcett Gold Medal Books, Pulp fiction, Pulp fiction in the 70s and 80s, Pulp fiction set in Asia, Pulp Friday, Pulp paperback cover art, Spies, Vintage pulp paperback covers

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Asia hands

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Andrew Nette| Leave a comment

In the early-nineties, I lived for several years in Vientiane, the sun bleached, run down capital of one of the more remote countries in Asia, Laos. One of my acquaintances in the small expatriate community was a man who’d fled … Continue reading →

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Posted in 70s American crime films, Australian crime film, Bryan Brown, Crime fiction and film from Singapore, Crime fiction and film from the Philippines, Crime film

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