i'm a massive fan of john shannon. his liffey books are
strikingly dark, which is what i like most about them. i find
them to be set in an LA in which something has very clearly
gone wrong-- there's a feel of apocalypse in the air, which
finds dead horses in the middle of freeways, solo
cheerleaders hollering at roadways, and herds of cattle
wandering the streets. liffey seems to take all of these
things in stride which, in my mind, serves only to strengthen
the sense of a world gone horribly wrong.
martha
sakana@stlnet.com <mailto:
sakana@stlnet.com>
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> Behalf Of Kevin Burton Smith
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> By the way, has anyone read MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN by
Jonathan Lethem or
> any of John Shannon's Jack Liffey books. Both very
recommended. There
> are smart and original voices in hardboiled fiction
that don't just
> carry on the tradition, but expand on it.
> >
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