8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE is quite a bit better than any of those titles
you mention and definitely worth a read.
On 1/6/10, Patrick King <abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
> wow -talk about "different strokes"!
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> I've never been able to finish an 87th Precinct book and I've tried several-
> and I think Block is one of the 2 or 3 best PI novelists of the modern
> age... 8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE and WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES are 2 of the
> best of the century (though the more recent titles are weaker - still
> worthwhile though) and Scudder is one of the most believable, effective and
> approachable alcoholc characters anywhere in literature
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> If you've read some of my other posts, you may realize I don't waste my
> reading time. If a writer disappoints me, he seldom gets another chance.
> With Lawrence Block, I read EVERYBODY DIES, THE BURGLAR WHO THOUGHT HE WAS
> BOGART & THE BURGLAR WHO TRADED TED WILLIAMS... and really? You think these
> are the most believable, effective and approachable alcoholic characters in
> literature? Read Nelson Algren, please! Maybe I've just hit his 3 turkeys
> but I didn't find these books believable in any way.
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> Patrick King
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