I'm a little behind with my mails, but in the long thread
devoted to MA Collins, I'm surprised that apparently nobody
cited BLOOD AND THUNDER
(1995), a novel with Nate Heller which is a good read. It
tells a part of the story of the populist Louisiana Governor,
Huey Long, the
"Kingfish", during the thirties and investigates his
assassination. A rather good novel, ambiguous and intricate
but full of "atmosphere". The real story of this Governor is
even more intriguing and dubious, a real political swamp, but
IMO Collins' approach in his novel is a good
introduction.
If the Nate Heller series is uneven, you still will find
there many good novels. You should try further.
I, personally have a lot more difficulties to accept the
cardboard settings of Kaminsky's novels and their
conventional intrigues.
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
Mark Sullivan :
>.../...
>However, Nate Heller did not do it for me in the one
book I read, the
>first, True Detective. Part of it is certainly that I
am not much of a
>fan of historicals, but I still went through several
of Stuart
>Kaminsky's Toby Peters books and was a huge fan of
James Ellroy before
>finally becoming disillusioned with him in American
Tabloid (and
>Chinatown is my favorite movie). I just found it
instantly forgettable
>and never read another.
>
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