> On Topic: I'm reading Robbers by Christopher Cook
now. A good read, but
> slow. He doesn't use quotation marks for dialogue,
which slows things
down.
> Really good characterization, though.
>
> Would Robbers be considered red-neck
noir?
Or Southern Noir, in the Lansdale/Woodrell/Crumley (Western
& Texas) mode. I thought it was a really fast read, since
I was used to the No Quote mark trick. It's a fantastic book.
Great style and great characters, exactly.
Neil Smith
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