On Monday, September 2, 2002, at 11:58 PM, RARA-AVIS Digest
wrote:
George has no idea what goes on inside a man's head, but her
audience can identify with her cloying nonsense because their
fantasy of what a sensitive male is corresponds to her
fantasy.
Can ANYBODY over the age of 12 and the IQ of 66 read...? Ah.
An attack of bitchiness comes on at the very name. Sorry Jim,
but I have tried to read a couple of her books set in England
and found them so riddled with errors, psychological idiocies
and Sayers that I couldn't go on. (Incidentally, I am trying
to read one of Martha Grimes' Jury books at the moment, and )
Well what can I say? They are both much loved, and both of
them certainly sell a lot more than I do, but
characterization, motive, credibility...
<sputter, stutter>
I've collected several votes so far (from men) for Rozan and
for Jan Burke, and am almost beginning to see what I'm
looking for. You will all deduce that I am furrowing my brow
over a new male character. Please, carry on - if you can -
because it's extremely useful. I rather like new men,
frankly, but I want mine to be a male. I am surprised at how
few suggestions I'm getting, by the way.
Marianne
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