Frankie Lee said:
> Please allow me to introduce myself....
(M.Jagger)
>
Howdy. Like yourself Ive been a long time lurker/reader &
only recently starting to put my 2 cents - that's actually 4
cents where I live so it may be why my posts are so long
:-)
>>
>- when I've read a book, I'm not always so sure if it
was a good or a
bad book. But I know what I like.
>
I'm much the same, it's just that sometimes I know or think I
know why I like/dislike a book but it may just be retroactive
justification of my more visceral reactions.
> And my favourite is James Crumley. But another
favourite of mine is
Daniel Woodrell. He's not much mentioned on the list - why is
that? He is hard-boiled, ain't he?
>
I'd say so. I've only read one of his , it may be the 1st,
don't recall title but it didn't really excite me. On the
other hand I know that he is very highly thought of by at
least a few people including some rare-birds & I am
planning to investigate further. If he hasn't been discussed
much it may be that he hasn't been read by a lot of people
rather than he's not thought of as being hard boiled or very
good. You could always try starting a thread yourself - what
do you like about him? What are his best books? etc.Welcome
to the list, or rather good to see you "coming out", as it
were. In the short time I've been "out" I've found the
members not only to be an amazing repository of knowledge in
hardboiled & noir fiction (& film) & related
media & genres but a whole wide area of culture ,
High,Mid & Lowbrow talk that touches on everything from
Sophocles to Batman cartoons but also friendly &
extremely helpful to anyone who shares their interests (at
least they have been to me & I'm almost a complete
stranger). Welcome aboard.
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