John Celestri wrote: Cathie and I intentionally wrote the two
sections to feel and read differently, so that Claudette's
part would feel more feminine and Bruno's more masculine. But
actually, we hashed out the scenes together, sitting in front
of the computer, as we do to write all our novels.
In fact, as I recall, a lot of Claudette's musings as she
stared out the window of her room in the bordello, waiting
for her next customer, came out of my head. It was Cathie's
idea for Bruno to stuff a wad of cement in
"Dandy" Charlie's mouth to shut him up. My wife's not as
sweet as she looks.
LITTLE MEXICO was published in 2000. If you're interested,
the sequel IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER will be out in a couple
of weeks.
The story takes place in the 1940s when the closest thing to
a cell phone was Dick Tracy's radio wristwatch.
************** I particularly liked the setting in Newport,
Kentucky. I'm in southern Indiana and every year we make the
summer pilgrimage to Kings Island amusement park in
Cincinnati. Newport is right across the Ohio River. They've
got an aquarium there that is nicer than the one in Monterey
and Chicago.
I was amazed at the notorious real-life reputation Newport
had from the 40s into the 60s. I didn't know anything about
that until reading the information on your site. I would have
never thought of Newport as a hotbed of gangster crime.
Are there many landmarks mentioned in LITTLE MEXICO that
still exist?
miker
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