Roger Dowdy (rdowdy@sprintmail.com)
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 15:20:24 -0700
Mark Sullivan wrote:
>
> As for dark, but humorous hardboiled, GM Ford's
books immediately come
> to mind. His detective Leo Waterman employs "The
Boys" as his Baker
> Street Irregulars. The Boys are a bunch of barely
off the street drunks
> who knew Waterman's father, a Seattle politician. No
one notices the
> homeless, so they make perfect undercover agents.
There is a dark
> sentiment underlying the series, but the actual
antics of the Boys are
> often hilarious. And they will take pity from no
one.
I'd like to second Mark's endorsement of GM Ford work as
entertaining, quick reads. Ford's first book _Who in Hell is
Wanda Fuca_ is a great first effort.
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