from Mari Hall found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net
Dave wrote:
>
> A couple people were posting about Kem Nunn, who's
one of my favorite
> authors. As Mr. Lau said, "Tappin' The Source" is one
of the ultimate
> So. Cal. surfing books. It's truly a modern classic.
After you read it,
> you'll never feel the same way about Huntington Beach
again ...
>
> "Unassigned Territory" was a complete mystery to me.
A sort of perverse
> combination of "Serenade" and "Wise Blood."
Unfortunately, I found it to
> be a bit prolix for my taste.
>
> Nunn, as a Calif. native, can really write about the
terrain. "Pomona
> Queen," (described on the jacket as the "long night
of the soul of a
> vaccuum cleaner salesman) paints a portrait the
idyllic farmland that
> exists underneath all the decadence and sprawl in the
Pomona Valley. A
> strange, yet strangely moving, book.
>
> I loved "The Dogs Of Winter," which is a Northern
California, surf-based
> "Heart Of Darkness." There's some fantastic plotting
and atmosphere in
> it, I was very impressed. I thought it would make a
great movie, but as
> of now it remains unsold to Hollywood. Something
about "unsympathetic
> characters." Go figure. Read it for
yourself.
>
> BTW, Kem Nunn is tight with John McNaughton, of
"Henry:Portrait of a
> Serial Killer," fame. "Pomona Queen" is one of his
projects. Nunn also
> did an uncredited rewrite on "Wild Things," the
director's most recent
> picture.
>
> Dave
>
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