William Denton wrote:
> I looked through the archives and Mr. Lankford, five
years ago, gave a
> great review of DIA DE LOS MUERTOS (1997). Mr.
Taboada liked it and said
> DARK RIDE (1996) was a must read. Harrington's been
talked about a few
> times since then, not much, but always ranked
highly. I'm going to get
> more of his stuff. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS is febrile
insanity. It's about
> Vincent Calhoun, a DEA agent who started smuggling
immigrants into
> California from Tijuana. Most of the book takes
place on the Day of the
> Dead, from early in the morning to late at night,
and it's the worst
> goddamned day you can imagine. I won't give much
away if I tell you one
> scene takes place while Calhoun, pumped to almost
exploding on horse
> uppers, bleeding from his eyes and ears, pushes a
five-hundred pound man
> through the worst neighbourhood in Tijuana on a
refrigerator dolly.
*********** Darn, Bill. That does sound interesting. It seems
like going south is a signal to jack up the intensity.
Lansdale's RUMBLE TUMBLE snuck across the border, and so did
one of Connelly's Bosch books. I can't remember too many
others that had scenes in Mexico. Ah! THE BLACK DAHLIA,
too.
Since it's the earliest one you mention, I'm putting
Harrington's DARK RIDE on my list.
miker
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