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Sllichtman@aol.com wrote:
My excitement
> only increased when I read the blurb by
Brian
> Garfield
> It said something like, "combines the compassion
of
> Ross MacDonald, the
> descriptive insight of John D. MacDonald,
the
> toughness of James M. Cain, the
> breeziness of Rex Stout and the recovered memory
and
> command of French of
> Marcel Proust." (Okay, I made up the last
part
> about Proust.)
Geez, that's a terrible description of Thomas's stuff.
Personally, I'd describe Thomas more in terms of Elmore
Leonard. "Elmore Leonard in the corridors of power",
maybe.
>
> The politics of the book,
> and the sense of evil, were
> shallow,
It would be interesting to hear more about this.
and the old stock figure Eastern
> Establishment Wasp pulling the
> strings was way too much of a deux ex machina to
my
> taste.
That's a fair point. If you read enough Thomas, you'll see
this figure crop up time and time again -- usually he's a
dirty figure under the surface polish.
doug
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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