Al,
Re your question below:
> I finished list-member Dick Lochte's "Sleeping
Dog".
> 3: Leading from 2. Off the top of my head,
the
> only other book I've read
> that uses two first person narrators is "1977"
by
> David Peace. Also a
> tremendously effective novel. Why is this
technique
> not used more widely?
Vera Caspary's LAURA has three first person narrators, plus
one chapter that's a transcription of an interrogation. Bram
Stoker's DRACULA consists of diary and journal entries from
several different characters.
It's not a book, but one episode of a famous radio series
used the technique. I mention it because it was such a
deaprture from the rest of the series.
The DRAGNET episode "The Big Ben" has Joe Friday getting
wounded halfway through. The rest of the episode is narrated
by his partner, Ben Romero (Bart Yarborough) as he tries to
find Friday's assailant. The TV version, "The Big Frank," had
Friday's partner, Frank Smith, being wounded, so the
bifurcated narration that set the radio version apart was
avoided.
JIM DOHERTY
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