Okay, I know I'm a couple of weeks late with this, but last
month's discussion induced me to try Joe Gores. I read FINAL
NOTICE (1974), a DKA novel. I can't comment on Gores'
portrayal of San Fancisco, having never been north of San
Diego, but I found the novel excellently plotted and the
level or realism--or at least plausability--very high. His
characterization and dialogue were also top notch. I will
definitely read more Gores, and I'm sorry I haven't done so
before this.
The ending of this particular novel was also more hard-boiled
than I had expected based on comments made here.
SPOILER ALERT
Kearny, frustrated with the inability of law enforcement to
bring a criminal to justice, informs on him to the mafia,
who, the reader is lead to believe, will mete out their own
brand of justice. Kearny strikes me as a man who's been there
and done that, and is willing both to accept the limitations
of law enforcement and to ignore those limitations in favor
of justice. Is this a typical DKA novel? For those of you
more familiar with Gores, how does this novel stack up
against his other work?
G.
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