>I've just started WHORESON. It's a fast and easy read.
But is it hardboiled?
>Setting isn't enough of a reason to qualify a book as
a hardboiled read. It's
>certainly not a mystery. The style doesn't feel
hardboiled. There's
>something or
>another missing from this book...cuz it ain't hit the
mark for me. I'll
>save the
>rest of my comments for June.
I appreciate Sandra jumping the gun a bit, since I'm going to
hit the road
before June comments arrive.
I agree with Sandra's comments. This first person novel
initially reminded
me of Richard Wright's BLACK BOY, but it lacks the adult
reflectiveness
(ie. the adult who is telling about himself at a younger
age). Halfway
through, it reminds me more of some of D. Defoe's work, like
MOLL FLANDERS.
This happened and I did that and felt that--it all seems to
be happening
in a present tense. Like Defoe, too, it "delivers the news"
about pimping
and whoring. You learn the jargon, although I was lost in the
craps
game...and still don't know what a "booster" is, as opposed
to a whore.
But I'll read on...
Bill Hagen
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