Steve Novak wrote:
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...
********** I enjoyed the first few and then I found them
sinking steadily into an overwrought and overbearing quagmire
of leftist propaganda. The last couple I read (FALSE
ALLEGATIONS and another one maybe entitled SAFE HOUSE) were
terrible. I thought they were comic-bookish from the
beginning, but that really didn't bother me. The earlier
books had a tongue-in-cheek to them that dissolved into a
pompous self-importance in the later ones.
In spite of the bad experience with the later ones, I did buy
a newer one. I think it's titled DEAD AND GONE, and I'm
hoping I will enjoy it when I get around to it.
miker
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