From: "Rene Ribic" <
rribic@optusnet.com.au>
> Actually, I've seen U-Turn (on TV) & thought it
was OK - and I'm not at
> all an Oliver Stone fan. I remember thinking how
much like an updated
> Gold Medal novel it seemed but I had no idea it was
based on a novel. It
> looks like Ridley is someone else to check out. Has
anyone here read
> this talented Mr Ridley's works? Whatcha
think?
I think Ridley is a tremendously underrated author and
deserves a reading by everyone on this list, if only to give
yourself a treat for the new year. While I've not read
CONVERSATION WITH THE MANN, which is less in the Goodis/Gold
Medal strain than his others, I've been very pleased with
each of his other works (STRAY DOGS and LOVE IS A RACKET
being my two favorite) -- and the one in question, THE DRIFT
(which I finished a few weeks ago) is certainly no exception.
And to put the novel in a more frightening context, keep in
mind what Mr. Ridley explained at a recent DRIFT signing I
attended: that the violent train gangs he describes are in
fact NOT fiction, but actually exist...and in
multitude.
Ron Clinton
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