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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, William Ahearn
<williamahearn@...> wrote:
>
>
> --- Marianne Macdonald
> <marianne.macdonald@...> wrote:
>
I have just started reading the Orion
> > Crimemasterworks
> > edition of Cornell Woolrich's NIGHTWEBS - a
dozen
> > long short-stories -
> > and realised that I might never have read
any
> > Woolrich before this. I
> > find myself interested, curious, and wanting
to
> > explore a bit further at
> > least. Any special recommendations among his
novels?
> >
> "Waltz Into Darkness." A noir epic. Or "Manhattan
Love
> Song." Both are in print.
>
> William
>
> Essays and Ramblings
> <http://www.williamahearn.com>
>
I find this an odd choice of Woolrich novels and not to my
mind representative of Woolrich at his best. The best thing
about WALTZ INTO DARKNESS is the title. As brilliant as
Woolrich could be, there are few things worse than a bad
Woolrich novel. He always danced close to edge in his
emotionally charged prose and sometimes he crossed the line
into the maudlin. I couldn't finish WALTZ despite several
tries. MANHATTAN LOVE SONG is interesting because it was
Woolrich's last mainstream novel and is a bridge to his crime
fiction.
My favorite is RENDEZVOUS IN BLACK with PHANTOM LADY and
DEADLINE AT DAWN as two others that illustrate Woolrich's
special brand of suspense.
Richard Moore
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