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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Of course, it's possible to push it too far. As much
as I like Goodis,
> parts of Dark Passage are so ridiculous they
completely pulled me out of
> the story, for instance, the cab driver who
recognized the escaped
> conivict, assumed he had been framed AND just
happened to know a a
> discrete plastic surgeon. Come on. Don't know why I
went on to read
> another Goodis (probably wouldn't have if this
hadn't been one of four
> in a Black Box anthology), but I'm very glad I did,
as he's now one of
> my very favorites (even though some of the others
also have some pretty
> bad coincidences, just not that bad).
>
I thought _The Burglar_ was a low point for Goodis, and it
did discourage me from reading him, but then I ran into
_Cassidy's Girl_ and my trust was restored. I have even
reread _The Burglar_... which has gotten a bit better in the
meantime. It must be the principle of aging meat.
Best,
mrt
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