cooper (jane@almaludo.freeserve.co.uk)
Wed, 29 Dec 1999 17:48:46 -0000
Kate Derie wrote;
> Had myself a hard-boiled little Christmas -- or
rather, a little
> hardboiled at Christmas, but that's not as
hummable.
Me too anyway, lots of goodies to ration(so far pretty
unsucessfully) My darling one accepted the other two men in
my life and got me DOWN BY THE RIVER... by Mr Pelecanos and
FREEZER BURN. by Mr Lansdale(in import trade copy no less )
THE DOPE PRIEST by Nicholas Blincoe (I enjoyed the other
Manchester books) and a nice graphic Noir/HB collection by
Mask Noir called IT'S DARK IN LONDON which he's been looking
for for several years.And just to keep that paper monkey on
my back fed till I could rip open the wrappings, he got me A
GIRL'S GOTTA DO by Sparkle Hayter, who Crime Time always rave
about, but at the moment I'm waiting to read a couple more
before passing judgement. And for the one of those long
boring days after the 25th I bought and read in an pm and am
LUCKY YOU by Carl Hiassen, who I thought was somehow
precluded from the list, but was pleased to see him crop up
just a week or two back. I know the purists may turn up their
noses at his work, but I think reading him and others of the
"lighter hearted " strain is ok. You read "serious" books to
provide the mental equivalent of bread and potatoes(which is
not to forget a loaf of fresh bread and saute spuds can be
the stuff of dreams and necessary to life) The best of genre
that really does it for you(for us, obviously,HB) is the
steak garni and the light stuff is the pudding course,
sometimes it's creme brulee, sometimes a Mars bar.And the
rest? Well, it ranges from a good but dull casserole to a
truly vile ready meal, or a generic burger, it fills you up,
but tastes exactly the same as every other one you will
eat.But some times you don't want steak you want large
amounts of chocalate, which is where CH comes in. Anyway
that's kinda my theory of literature and life really, you
need whatever you want most at the time, as long as you don't
overdo it, what's the harm? Regards For Whatever You Do
Friday Night,
Jane Inthefirst@Onelist.com
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