kip.stratton@natinst.com
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:40:49 -0500
Has anyone read a Texas author named Max Martinez? I'm about
halfway through his most recent crime novel, LAYOVER,
published a year or so ago by Arte Publico Press (which is
associated with the University of Houston). I have some mixed
feelings about the book. I don't particularly like his prose
style, which is a bit long winded and overly narrative at
times, but I do like his characters
(mostly Chicano) and his setting (a rural county in South
Texas). It's sort of like reading Cain, only with the
characters primarily Hispanic. Definitely noir, pretty
hardboiled. He published an earlier crime novel, WHITE LEG;
plus he has written a couple of short story
collections.
Just curious if he's being read very much.
Later...Kip
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