>
> Rene, have you read any of the Chopper books? He got
a lot of
publicity over here when the film came out. Is it worth
looking at these?
>
> G'day.
> Colin
> >--
I haven't got around to reading any of them (there's some
ridiculous number of volumes out) but a friend of mine found
them to be a bit of a hoot. They're very popular down here.
If you've seen the movie, which I would recommend if you
haven't, you'd probably get a fair idea of books themselves.
They'd certainly give you a better idea of the Melbourne
underworld than the Wyatt books (pounds to peanuts there's no
mention of the "Outfit" in the Chopper books). Chopper Reed
was already a notorious celebrity by way of several
controversial TV appearances before the movie came out and I
must admit that he can be funny at times. A psychopath with a
sense of humour. I wonder if that's a sufficiently redeeming
factor to qualify Chopper as a hardboiled character :-) IIRC
William Gibson & Elmore Leonard have both read one or
more of the Chopper books, Gibson referring to them in an
interview somewhere, I think.
Rene
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