Hi--I'd be curous to hear the response to Crumley and wonder
who on the list has read the Vietnam novel TIME TO HUNT by
Stephen Hunter. It loosely follows from an earlier, more
crime-oriented novel, HOT SPRINGS.
Jeff
Mark Sullivan wrote:
>
> Kip wrote:
>
> "In my opinion, Anderson's SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL
ranks with Gus
> Hasford's THE SHORT TIMERS (the basis of Kubrick's
FULL METAL JACKET)
> and Robert Stone's DOG SOLDIERS (the basis of the
movie WHO'LL STOP THE
> RAIN) as the best novels about the American
experience in Vietnam. I
> can't recommend SYMPATHY enough, although you will
feel like having a
> stiff drink or two after you've finished
it."
>
> Kip (or others)
>
> This may be veering a little bit off topic --
although considering the
> number of Viet Nam vets in hardboiled books maybe
not -- I was wondering
> how you rate Crumley's One to Count Cadence (which I
keep meaning to
> read) and Tim O'Brien's books.
>
> Mark
>
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