-----Original Message----- From: Charlie Stella <
CharlieOpera@aol.com> Sent: Feb 7, 2005 3:29 AM To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Books
I couldn't finish
>And I feel your pain
> with THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE. It's an
important
> milestone in the hardboiled genre, so I plowed my
way
> through to the finish, but I found it drab and
dull.
> I didn't give a rat's ass what happened to anybody
in
> the book.
>
> miker
>
>
drab and dull? Eddie Coyle? Madonna mia ... is this the end
of Rico?
I plowed my way through at least 50 times (read it every year
at least once, sometimes several times) ... drab and
dull?
Where's my crack pipe when I need it?
I'm with you on this one, Charlie. COYLE is a stone cold
masterpiece. And it should be given extra Brownie points for
being the book that taught Dutch Leonard how to write crime
fiction. The movie with Mitchum is damn good, too.
And I think Jeff and Miker have your crack pipe.
(Just kidding, fellas.)
TL
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