In other words, I may not know hardboiled, but I recognize it
when it comes
up and punches me in the stomach.
And speaking of Parker, I just saw RONIN, which I rather
liked, and seemed
rather Starkesque to me. A nice slice of stylish hardboiled,
about some
cold, hard, professionals hired (or set up?) to do a job in
France. How
does it compare to PAYBACK, which I haven't seen? Most of the
mainstream
reviews of PAYBACK I've seen have dumped on it for the same
qualities most
of you guys said it lacked. That Gibson was too ruthless,
cynical, amoral.
Most of you guys said he wasn't enough of those things.
One man's jewellery another man's brass knucks, or
what?
Kevin Smith
The Thrilling Detective Web Site
http://www.colba.net/~kvnsmith/thrillingdetective/
Now out: The February issue, with fiction from Robert Iles
and Leigh Brackett,
and Face the Face, our new contest for fans of paperback
eyes.! Yippy!
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