THE EIGHTH CIRCLE by Stanley Ellin: Well-written, but further
evidence to me that "realism" is a literary method. Here
Ellin's "realism" is mainly a lot of pop-psych of the day.
And while it may well be true that PI work, when successful,
takes a spiritual toll on it's practioners, that just seems
nowadays like a literary device after Wambaugh, etc.
An Arthur Lyons novel I can't remember: Not one of his better
efforts, but I generally like Lyons's, who I think is another
underrated writer of that period.
I'm also reading a lot of Joseph Hone, who is in no way
hardboiled (he's a British spy novelist) but is pretty
fine.
doug
--- Chris M <
cptpipes@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I recently finished Walter Mosley's CINNAMON
KISS
> and loved it. I took a
> break from the Easy Rawlins stories a while
back,
> but THE MAN IN MY BASEMENT
> reminded me of Mosley in general, and I did
some
> quick catching up on Easy.
> I don't know why I soured on the stories for
a
> while. They are all terrific.
>
> I've got James Lee Burke's CRUSADER'S CROSS
and
> Duane Swierczynski's WHEEL
> MAN on deck.
>
> The Robicheaux books are a bit odd for me. Usually
I
> need to chain-read a
> series or not bother reading them at all. For
some
> reason, I can take or
> leave the Robicheaux books. When I'm in the
middle
> of one, I like it a lot.
> But I don't have the compulsion to read them all
in
> order and as quickly as
> I can, like I do for many other series.
>
>
>
Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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