while i adored the LA quartet, i really disliked AMERICAN
TABLOID-- i thought he tried to do too much with that one,
and that by spreading his net so wide he was forced to dump
interesting characters moments after they showed up. is COOL
SIX THOUSAND closer in style to the older books, or to the
first one in this new series?
martha
sakana@swbell.net <mailto:
sakana@swbell.net>
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> From:
owner-rara-avis@icomm.ca [mailto:
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> Behalf Of a.n.smith
>
>
>
> Sure, but if you liked it before, why not again? I
bought my copy
> yesterday, and I think it's fine. Much more
interesting, less
> annoying than
> recent GQ articles would have led me to believe
(which makes me think he
> just dashed those off for cash and saved his real
& best work for
> the novel.
> way to go). The prose is the typical scatterbrained
routine, but it works
> because he's giving us characters who matter instead
of playing around,
> "Ellroy playing at Ellroy." I'm
impressed.
>
> Neil Smith>
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