>I went on a Bill James reading jag a while ago, and
would second the above
>statement. What I read was bizarre, compelling and
original. Some of the
>dialogue is priceless. Desmond Iles of the later
books is some sort of
>police procedural version of Richard III. James, I
think, has a new spy
>novel of some sort out. Readers unfamiliar with Bill
James (a pseudonym for
>James something...Tucker) might want to read him for
the British crime
>fiction month.
I reviewed the spy novel, SPLIT, fairly recently...March,
maybe? I just was not that impressed with it. Essentially,
it's a whole lot of existential angst about the main
character's post-Cold War future, punctuated with shouting
matches among the various characters and thinly disguised
with a plot about which good guys have gone bad.
By contrast, I have review copies of some of the Iles &
Harpur novels and have liked what I've read very much. Those
reviews will be up over at HandHeldCrime...er, as soon as
Jamey and I have a few spare moments.
Victoria
Victoria Esposito-Shea Editor and Co-Founder HandHeldCrime
and HandHeldCrime/Coffee Cup Press http://www.handheldcrime.com/
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