Rene wrote:
"The Cave novel, by the way, drew a lot of comparisons with
Iain Banks's 1st novel, "The Wasp Factory" which came out
almost simultaneously . .
."
Although I have them both on my shelves, I have not read
either, so I can't comment on any similarities or
differences. However, they were not published simultaneously.
Wasp Factory's copyright is 1984; And the Ass Saw the Angel's
is 1989.
I've also got two unread Leonard Cohen books on those
shelves, Beautiful Losers and The Favorite Game. Neither
looks very hardboiled, though. According to the jacket copy,
they are "daring" and "startling." Both are compared to Henry
Miller.
Other published rock singers -- Jim Carroll (Basketball
Diaries, Forced Entries and award winning poetry, although
little of his rock is that good), Richard Hell (Go Now, a not
bad junkie novel).
Mark
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