Speaking of stories told from multiple points of view and
from varying
"persons" (grammar-wise), I'd like to ask a question that I
think I asked once before, several years ago, just because
there are new members in the group. It's really a multi-part
question:
What are some P.I. novels written in third person, and what
do list-members think of third-person P.I. novels? Is first
person a tradition that should not be lightly broken? Does it
provide something to the P.I. novel that is vital to success?
And what methods are available to the first-person P.I.
writer for describing scenes that his protagonist is not
present for (or are such scenes anathema to the first-person
story)?
Not surprisingly, I'm in the middle of a third-person P.I.
novel.
Jim Beaver
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