Mbdlevin@aol.com
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:34:04 EST
Doug Bassett writes:
<< And here's one I can't recommend:
Kenneth Fearing -- The Big Clock
Which is a shame, considering its reputation. But
I
found the story labored and sort of pseudo-literary:
>>
Odd coincidence--I just finished The Big Clock last night and
also found it disappointing (though not as much as Doug
Bassett). It is certainly something less than its reputation,
and I'm not sure it falls under noir or hardboiled, even as
defined by the broad categories here (not even always
colloquial--though I didn't mind the stuff about the clock).
It reminded me--in tone and setting--a bit of Howard Browne's
Thin Air, which doesn't live up to his Paul Pine books.
Perhaps the privileged lives of the characters in both novels
make them (the novels) less appealing--no grit even if there
is tension.
Another Doug
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