Re: RARA-AVIS: Yahoo

Mari Hall (Found.Dead.In.Texas@airmail.net)
Fri, 03 Oct 1997 09:23:03 -0500 Spurlock, Duane wrote:
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> >Fred Willard wrote:
> >>>I been reading the list but not posting for awhile as I've been
> >working on my second novel.
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> >I hope everyone will excuse and understand a moment of self-promotion
> >as I have just had the thrill of seeing my first novel arrive in
> >bookstores.
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> >The early reviews have been extremely positive but have also noted,
> >"This book is not for the faint hearted."
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> >I thought that comment might register with members of this list.<<
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> Fred:
> I read "Down on Ponce" a couple of weeks ago and thought it was a hoot.
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> Tough, darkly humorous, strange characters and disgusting habits. I
> think RARA-AVIS members will enjoy it.
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> How can any hardboiled film fan not appreciate a character named Sam
> Fuller?
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> My only real quibble with the novel came when the lady lawyer so
> whoe-heartedly joined the gang of misfits for their getaway from the
> hotel. Despite some of the preceding shenanigans and the environment
> that you set up so excellently for the book and its characters, this
> event stretched my suspension of disbelief a little too far. Maybe she
> had a love jones for Bug, but her willingness to eagerly join in on what
> she expected to be lawless activity just isn't consistent with her
> previous characterization.
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> Otherwise, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look foward to reading
> your next novel.
> --Duane Spurlock
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> >Down on Ponce by Fred Willard
> >fwillard@mindspring.com
> >http://www.mindspring.com/~fwillard
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I guess this comment is for Fred Willard -- don't you just hate it when
somebody says "it's a hoot" -- I said that about Bill Crider's BLOOD
MARKS (or what ever the supposed -horror- book her wrote a few years
ago) and he said, "but it's not supposed to be funny". But I think Mr.
Spurlock probably means that he loved it.
>From Mari Hall Found.Dead.In.Texas@airmail.net
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