On 9/6/02 3:00 AM, Mario Taboada wrote:
> Yesterday, I don't know why, I felt the compulsion
to read
> some Elmore Leonard, so I picked up his _Pagan
Babies_ at
> the local library. It starts with one of the
strongest
> first paragraphs I've read in a long time; I figured
that,
> after that opening volley, he would have to deliver,
and he
> does. I couldn't put the thing down.
It was a fast read with some funny, disturbing and memorable
passages, but I don't rate it as highly as Mr. T does. At the
end, I was left asking myself what was that about? I thought
the two main characters, Debbie and Terry, did not rise to
the level of Karen and Foley in Out Of Sight.
-- Mark Troy (http://www.marktroy.net) PILIKIA IS MY BUSINESS, A private eye novel from LTDBooks (http://www.ltdbooks.com) 2002 Shamus nominee: Best 1st PI Novel
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