: Connelly talked for some time about the influence Chandler
had on
: him and the way Chndler defined character and place, but
most of all
: for the unique voice Chandler's works have.
That's interesting. I don't see much of that in Connelly's
books, he
seems to draw mostly on his experience as a reporter. The
Bosch books
are all in the third person, and it's rare the reader is told
in much
detail what he's thinking, unless he says it. He seems to
draw more
from Ellroy than from Chandler.
: There was also a lot of energy being displayed about
Connelly's
: latest, Blood Work, which was selling like the proverbial
hot
: cake. I'll be interested in hearing opinions of it once
people on
: this list have read it. I couldn't get through Concrete
Blond so I
: haven't tried any more Connelly but the buzz is he's in the
very top
: rank of authors currently writing crime fiction.
He really seems to have exploded right up there lately. I've
read
_The Poet_ and the first three Bosch books, and I think _The
Poet_ and
_The Black Echo_ (the first Bosch) were the best, even though
there
are quite a few similarities between them that might make you
wonder
if he's stealing from himself.
Nice report on events, BTW.
Bill
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