Al Guthrie wrote:
> For me, the surprise omission from this month's
discussion was Lee Child.
> Given how well Jack Reacher performed in the top
hardboiled characters vote
> (IIRC. I joined the list just afterwards, so I don't
have a copy at hand to
> check), I'd have thought someone would have
mentioned his author.
>
> Al
>
Good catch, Al. But could it be because he is aggressively
packaged and promoted more like a U.S. author than a British
one? His character is American, his series takes place here
and I think he himself lives in New York. Lee may be an
import, but I don't think his books are.
TL
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