Yes, one author who uses it all the time is Cormac McCarthy.
He wrote
"All the Pretty Horses," etc. I found it to be bothersome at
first, but eventually got used to it.
I may be wrong about this one, but didn't Frank McCourt do it
too in
"Angela's Ashes"?
Maybe it's only Irish writers who can pull it off ...
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000
Jeanheller@aol.com wrote:
> I don't often delurk, though I love reading the
posts here. But I have a
> question someone aboard this list might be able to
answer. For my monthly
> book review column, I'm reading the ARC for a March
book called, RUN. It is,
> a half dozen chapters in, one of the best thrillers
I have read this year.
> But the author, whose name escapes me at the moment,
uses a writing technique
> with which I'm unfamiliar. He has dialogue but no
quotes, as in:
>
> My mother asked me if I was okay.
> I'm fine, I told her.
> But you're drinking again, she said.
>
> (Those, by the way, are not exact quotes. I don't
have the ARC with me.)
> My question is, does anyone out there know of an
author who has used this
> technique before? I thought it was going to be
distracting, but it isn't at
> all. In an odd way, it is very effective.
>
> Thanks,
> Jean Heller
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