----- Original Message ----- From: "Mario Taboada" <
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> Some of Brewer's work is less than
fabulous.
Is there a single GM author this accusation doesn't apply to?
Brewer wrote novels ridiculously quickly and what's in print
is all first draft. I find the quality of his output
extraordinary under the circumstances. I'd love to see what
some modern practioners might produce in five days.
>He
> could get campy, feverish, even drippy, and some of
his
> plots are even more ridiculous than Thompson's worst
ones
> (e.g. The Golden Gizmo).
Ok. He got drunk a lot.
>In any case, he's definitely noir.
Bastard son of James M Cain. In fact Gil Fitzcain would have
been a nice pseudonym.
> The title Backwoods Teaser sounds pretty racy.
Actually,
> Brewer wrote great sex scenes. He knew how to create
sexual
> tension. I don't know of any goldmedalist that
surpasses
> him in this area. Which goes to show that every Gold
Medal
> has something of value.
Not only does he portray women and, therefore, sexual tension
better than any other GM author of my acquaintance, but I
don't think he lags far behind, er, James Cain. And Brewer at
his best is as good as Cain. His forte is short, enduring
character descriptions. I don't have the direct quotes, but a
couple I remember are (roughly): He looked as if he were
strapped from head to foot in leather - when he moved his
neck, his whole body moved. And another: He looked as if
somebody had machine-gunned his soul.
Al
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