I started Dora Suarez last night. As noted by others, very
violent from the
starting gate.
The only other Raymond I've read is the first of the Factory
books -- HOW
THE DEAD LIVE, I think is the title. It reads much
differently than how
DORA starts. There is certainly a bleak feel throughout the
book, but the
writing was quite good, and so I was pleased to see another
Raymond novel
on the reading list.
For those more familiar with Raymond's books: Does the second
Factory novel
feature a shift in tone or focus from the first -- I guess
I'm asking, is
it an obvious bridge between the first and third book, or
does the violent
tone of DORA merely pop up out of the blue, so to
speak?
I intend to keep reading DORA. By the way, the attention to
details in
those first pages -- grisly as they are -- reminds me of the
French
"nouveau roman" as practiced by Alain Robbe-Grillet, in whose
novels you
frequently are less informed about characters and more about
physical
details and actions. -- Duane
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