For me, it's simply that, in the Burke books at least, he
consistently failed to make me care about his characters. I
read the first few, and just didn't need to know what
happened to them after that.
Pat
-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Novak <
Cinefrog@comcast.net>
>Sent: Jan 9, 2006 4:31 PM
>To: RARA-AVIS <
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Drivers
>
>I guess I have to express my surprise and sorrow at
the fact that *generally* speaking (...and that is always
dangerous...) Vachss's criticism both in the US press and on
various US discussion groups (including and especially Rara)
has been quite negative (or at best lukewarm) after the
initial enthousiasm (quite a few years ago). I wonder why his
strong and original voice has been in such bad light...maybe
some of his implied political views have ruffled some well
groomed feathers (on either wing), maybe his activism in
certain causes has gone against the politically correct
stances of the US crime novel establishment, maybe simply the
fact that, aside from The Getaway Man, his most recent output
has not retained the sharp bluntness and "newness" factor of
the initial novels..??? Any idea or further comment would be
very welcome...
>
>Montois in Detroit
>
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