Brian Evankovich said:
> Mike, I'd be interested in hearing your comments on
"Snarl" when the time
> comes. I couldn't finish it, for several reasons,
least of which was the
> fact that I had no idea what the heck was going on
or why.
********* I can think of a number of reasons you wouldn't
like Daly, and almost no reasons why you would. Although I'm
not overly familiar with the term or what it means, I see
Daly as hardcore "pulp". Action and a fast-moving plot are a
priority, character development is not. And the character
that is developed, Race Williams, is, as Mario might say,
lacking in subtlety.
I pretty much understand what is going on in SNARL, but I can
empathize with your confusion... I'm reading Faulkner's
SANCTUARY, and I had a hell of a time figuring out was going
on for the first 50 pages.
Part of the juice for me in SNARL is seeing the influence
Daly had on Spillane. I'm learning all the time. We were busy
beating up on Spillane earlier this year and somebody stated
that the Hammer novels were sig- significant because it was
the first time a cop had a significant part in a private
investigator novel. I would argue about that now. Looks to me
like Daly's Coglin gets the prize.
miker
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