--- Brian Lawrence <
bdlawrence@netscape.net> wrote:
> Yes, I'm a big McBain fan, at least the
87th
> Precinct series. Read one
> Matthew Hope, it wasn't bad, but
different.
>
> My favorite McBain is the first one I read,
POISON.
> Excellent premise and the
> twists and turns were worth the price of
admission.
>
> And I agree, his dialogue is second to none.
I
> especially like it when he
> gets three going, two cops and a bad guy, never
uses
> tags, and still, it's
> easy to tell who is who.
>
> And the most amazing thing is he can keep this
three
person dialogue going for, in some cases, seven or eight
pages without a break. Most writers who would attempt this
would probably fall on their face, but McBain not only pulls
it off, he makes it look effortless. You read the pages so
darn quick that you never even realize you just read eight
pages of straight dialogue!
Roy
> http://www.eclectics.com/brianlawrence
>
>
>
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