Mario said:
> And I'll put this on the table: I think Ellroy,
should he apply
> himself to nonfiction (true crime, especially, or at
least weird
> stories), would be an outstanding practitioner. I am
reconsidering my
> opinion of My Dark Places, which on a slow second
reading seems much,
> much better.
Seconded. Though I recall that you don't care for GQ pieces
he wrote way back when. The second collection DESTINATION:
MORGUE! includes several articles in which Ellroy and Bill
Stoner re-examine cold cases. I liked reading them.
As for what I've been reading, the only thing new to me from
the past month that could apply to this list is FINN, by Jon
Clinch. It can be brutal and gruesome in a way similar to
books by Cormac McCarthy, but there's fun stuff in there for
any admirer of Twain. Daniel Woodrell fans would probably
like it to.
I'm still hoping to get to the latest from John Burdett soon
and am looking forward to Starr and Bruen's sequel to BUST,
which I believe comes out in a couple weeks.
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