Doug writes:
> In the last year or so, I read three novels by
Williams: "Sailcloth
Shroud,"
> "Aground," and "Scorpion Reef." They are all good,
though I liked the
last
> two better than the first. How many of his books are
sea yarns and how
many on
> land?
Though I'm a big Williams fan, I don't know offhand his
output count, let alone the comparison count between land and
sea novels. But my two cents on the guy: I believe - as do
most of the folks I've talked to in regards to Williams -
that his land-based novels are a lot more gripping and
meritable/memorable than his sea-set works. Compare his
classics like RIVER GIRL, HILL GIRL, MAN ON THE RUN and THE
HOT SPOT against books like THE SAILCLOTH SHROUD and the like
and it becomes quite clear where his literary strength (if
not his interest) lies. His self interests, of course, are
another matter: a longtime sailor and devotee of the sea, he
culminated his affair with the ocean with his apparent
suicide upon the open sea.
Ron Clinton
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