I've been lurking for the past few months, but have picked up
*I Was Dora
Suarez* -- raw as Vachss, but written a little better, and I
just received
*Dark Ride* in the mail.
I haven't read a great deal of crime fiction, but since I
found this list
I'm reading a great deal more-- and dammit, it's fun. I've
read Thompson
and Chandler, (and I like Vachss despite its literary
value)-- but *The
Burnt Orange Heresy* is brilliant. I'm looking forward to
reading more
Willeford.
I had to get BOH through interlibrary loan and have since
returned it, so I
can't provide a quote, but towards the end of the book
Figueras refers to
Joyce's "yesses" and Beckett's "I can't go on. I'll go on."
After this he
refers to a bunch of phallic figures-- where does this comes
from? Is it
Beckett?
A great list-- thanks.
Tom Olson
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Sullivan <ANONYMEINC@webtv.net>
To: rara-avis@icomm.ca <rara-avis@icomm.ca>
Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Willeford
Willeford's The Woman Chaser is a real gem (although, as is
often with
him, the publisher's title makes very little sense, his own
The Director
would have been far more appropriate). I can't believe the
movie
described in the book has never been made, although Vanishing
Point
comes close.
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