_A Long Line of Dead Men_ is the only Scudder novel I have
left to
read. I'd read four or five, then went back and started from
the
beginning and read everything I'd missed. I managed to read
about
every friend, like Elaine, Mick Ballou, Danny Boy, T.J., and
various
cops, all before Scudder introduced them for the first time.
You
don't really run into any trouble spoiler-wise if you read
them out of
order, and they all stand alone, but if there's anyone out
there who
hasn't read the series, I'd recommend starting at the
beginning. As
someone else noted, the first three or four aren't as good as
the
later ones, but they keep getting better. Block's a very
talented
writer.
Knowing I was running out of Scudder stories, I've picked up
a Chip
Harrison book and a Bernie Rhodenbarr book. I'll see how I
like
them. I also got two of his short story collections. Block
must be a
happy man. It looks like everything he's ever written is in
print.
Bill
--
William Denton | Toronto, Canada | http://www.vex.net/~buff/ | Caveat lector.
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