Mario Taboada wrote:
> <<I am convinced that Adams did everything he
could to make him as
> unsympathetic and unlikable as possible. It is too
far over the line to be an
> accident. Cringe? Let me quote an oft-quoted line
from McBride: "What this
> country goddamned well needs is a
Gestapo.">>
>
> It's hard to imagine the mindset of the (evidently
male) readers of Cleve
> Adams's novels, but there's no question that he was
popular. What that tells me
> is that lots of guys in this country a) liked
McBride and b) agreed with him
> (about the need for a Gestapo and similar
institutions). So what we see as a
> deliberately unlikable protagonist may have been in
fact an extreme case of
> playing to the gallery. It's not a gallery I would
like to frequent.
>
> By the way, I don't think Cleve Adams has been
written about much. His extreme
> paranoia and fascistic attitudes would make a nice
topic for a thesis, maybe in
> a double-barrelled study that also includes
Spillane.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mario
>
>
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Can someone give me a list of Adams' books? Does any
particular one stand out?
Andrew
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