OK...but you've been warned, even if didn't choose to
acknowledge the warning. Vachss is a lefty the way Pat
Robertson is for opposing the Iraq war. Or the way Tony Blair
is about anything.
The Burke books, at least, remain Doc Savage and his gang
updated, underworlded, with (often bad or ridiculous) sex and
with Mr. Sunshine replaced with a variety of
sexually-exploitive thugs.
TM
-----Original Message----- From: Marianne Macdonald
[mailto:
marianne.macdonald@lineone.net]
I hadn't heard that. I've had a Vachss sitting on the shelf
for a while; I think I'll get down to it.
Marianne (card-carrying Lefty)
On Friday, May 2, 2003, at 03:00 AM, RARA-AVIS Digest
wrote:
> Actually it's the writing that finances Vachss' "day
job." He's said in
> numerous interviews that the money he earns from his
books is what
> enables
> him to continue his representation of abused and
neglected children in
> court proceedings. I know here in NY state there's
an outcry over the
> pittance that court appointed lawyers are paid, and
I think Law
> Guardians
> for children are paid even less. Before he started
making money off the
> books he practiced criminal defense part-time to
fund his law practice.
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