At the suggestion of RA folks, I'm trying James Sallis and
Michael Connelly.
Read Sallis' Black Hornet and Moth, and am eager for more.
Like the engagement of the character with the city and other
characters. Preferred Moth, but could understand why others
might like the more linear narrative of Black Hornet--in a
way, it's better plotted too. But Moth is messy in ways that
appeal to me. Wonder whether the academic, French new novel
references and structuring in Moth has wide appeal? Does he
experiment with structure in other novels? Found myself
wondering, too, what the whole story on Sallis is--whether he
was once an academic. Note that he's done work on Himes,
Raymond Queneau, and jazz guitar, so...
A correspondent at UNOrleans didn't know much about
Sallis (believe he's moved to Ariz.) and the website someone
here suggested didn't come up when I tried [believe it was a
link off a website of a RA regular, now that I think of it].
Anyone have a link or an inkling of where I can find more on
Sallis? And while you're at it, where I can BUY more
Sallis--prefereable used, since he seems to be only out in
hardback. He's definitely not to be found in my favorite
haunts.
Very impressed with my first Michael Connelly, The Concrete
Blonde. So far I like him more than Block, for character and
plotting. Connelly set up and handled two converging
plotlines very nicely in CB. A pleasure to watch it all come
together. A long book, but nothing in excess, it seemed to
me.
Bill Hagen
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