pabergin (pabergin@gte.net)
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 23:07:16 -0500
Since there seems to be an Ellroy string developing as part
of the five best thing, I thought I'd mention a thing or
two.
IMO, Ellroy has to be the biggest no-talent puffball since
Spillane, another author whose total contribution to the
genre was to point out, by example, its failures.
Like the inimitable Mick, Ellroy 1 - Cannot develop a
believable or interesting character. 2 - Cannot write
dialogue. 3 - Cannot divorce his own contrived self-image
from his work.
Unlike the Mick -- who was at least tough, if spectacularly
untalented -- Ellroy has managed to add whining to the list
of (to him) acceptable HB postures. Mommy done gone
away.
Gimme a fuckin' break! Who cares?
There are so many talented mid-list authors out there who are
doing viable, and valuable, work that I find the notion of
wasting any more bandwith on a subliterate cretin like Ellroy
offensive.
Somebody's got to say it.
The emperor is goddamn naked. PB
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