I found the book mildly diverting, but nothing special It's
certainly colloquial, so if you are using Jim's definition
it's HB, but otherwise I think it's borderline. I've read
only a few Leonards so I can't say for sure, but it seems we
could have read a better, more on topic book of his. I guess
that leads me to ask Bill, once you have determined to read a
certain author how do you choose which book to read? Not
counting Hammett or Chandler whom almost everybody has read
at least once, since I have been on the list, the book we are
to read seldom is the first in a series, the author's best or
most recent work. Excuse me if I am stepping on toes with
this question. I'm just curious.
I had an idea that when we are to read a book by a current
author maybe one of our list members could arrange for the
author to be on the list for the month. Thinking it over that
might inhibit our comments, so instead maybe the author would
answer a certain limited number of our questions. For
instance, though it's not a monthly book there has been a lot
of discussion recently about Robert Crais' LA Requiem. It
would be great if Crais would at least give us some hint
about our (mainly Mark Sullivan and me ) speculations of
where the series can go now.
if the author is dead I don't think this is a very good idea.
Mark
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