Re: RARA-AVIS: More on Jerome Charyn

dspurlock@humana.com
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:19:46 -0400 <<He was
also impressed by the complete lack of sentimentality in the Archer
books.

Which is funny in a wat because there is a kind of "sentimentality"
in the books which is borne out by the fact that they are very
persoanl books for Charyn ->>

And Charyn's books are filled with sentimental characters. Manfred Coen,
certainly, is a sentimental hard-boiled guy, and Isaac Sidel wavers wildly
between maudlin sentiment (veering into self pity) and cold-blooded puppet
mastery.

Even the "bad guys" are sentimental fools. They direct an icy hate at their
adversarys, but they go weak in the knees about certain personal whims. --
Duane

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