Marianne,
Re your comment below:
> Actually, I've always found straightforward
police
> procedurals the least
> interesting sub-genre.
That's fine. You're entitled to your tastes (though as a
straightforward policeman who writes straightforward police
procedurals, I'm always sorry to lose a potential reader),
but I've got to ask:
If you don't like straightforward police procedurals, why in
God's name are you reading McBain, who practically INVENTED
straightforward police procedurals?
That's like saying, "I couldn't stand C.S. Forester's BEAT TO
QUARTERS. And what's more, historical novels about naval
officers operating the Napoleonic Wars have always left me
cold."
or
"I can't think of a single nice thing to say about PRIDE AND
PREJUDICE, and elegantly written romantic comedies set during
the Regency era are a species of literature I never could
stand."
You don't have to like the genre, but it doesn't seem cricket
to read a book by an author so identified with the genre just
so you can complain.
JIM DOHERTY
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