Seconded for author of the month, and for the general
description. An excellent writer and a charming
man.--Karin
At 06:37 AM 04/11/2004 -0800, Brian Thornton wrote:
><snip>I started with Ken Bruen's "The Killing
of the
>Tinkers." I'm fifty pages into it, and I can't put it
down. What a
>terrific piece of writing. What a solid grasp on the
narrative! And
>descriptions of things like drug addiction, severed
appendages, and the
>mordancy inherent in certain types of personal
relationships that don't
>repel so much as they explain the appeal, our "morbid
fascination with
>same," if you will.
>
>Doe my money, Bruen's a great investment. What's
more, he's a wonderful
>fellow; approachable, interesting and interested in
the people around him.
>Ken Bruen exemplifies for me what is best writers of
any genre, in any age.
>
>Perhaps we could entice him into being our guest
author one of these months
>(assuming that hasn't already been done, of course)?
I think the Rare Birds
>would be the richer for the experience.
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