>A critic might say that the book has elements of zany
caper and of
hard-boiled novel.
>I'd be curious to know what those of you who have
read it think. Betsy
I read it in the fall of '99 and liked it but it probably is
my least favorite CW novel. It had some interesting parallels
to Miami Blues (bad guy called Junior, and other bits and
pieces I forget) and it is fascinating if you consider it as
a part of the whole body of work. On its own I don't think it
captured the perfect balance/mixture/whatnot his later work
did (including early novels such as HIGH PRIEST, WOMAN
CHASER, WILD WIVES etc) and as a result it was a bit of a
disappointment. Of course it could well be that the crudeness
of the book resulted due to various hands between him and the
published version.
--Juha.
Charles Willeford - Something About a Writer: http://oivas.com/cw/
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