Timothy S. Oliver (CSEM@zianet.com)
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 09:35:33 -0700
Bill Denton should have finished Never Street now. I didn't
want to spoil the book for him while he was still enjoying
it.
I enjoyed the first third too. In fact I thought it was good
up until the way-stupid ending. But that business with the
doctored film in the old theater was silly. The book could
easily have ended about halfway through when Amos found the
swag. It should have.
I think Kevin Burton Smith has the right idea. Estelman seems
to have fallen into the dread "book-as-screenplay"
trap.
I'm not giving up though. Never Street showed enough promise
that I went out and bought The Witchfinder. The back cover
says it was seven years between Never Street and the prior
Amos Walker book. I'll be looking for the earlier ones.
So, Westlake revived Parker and Estleman revived Walker.
Perhaps we are in a HB renaissance? I hope so.
Tim Oliver
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