Mark,
I read the review in the Post, also. Haven't read either book
but the reviewer (Anderso, who is a regular) I find to be on
the mark his comments.
Corbett went on my TBR.
Ed Lynskey
--- Mark Sullivan <
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net> wrote:
> The Washington Post printed a rave review of David
Corbett
> today. Seems
> he's a former San Francisco PI, just like Dashiell
Hammett
> (and Joe
> Gores). They were positive with reservations about
his first
> book, The
> Devil's Redhead, just out in paperback. However,
they
> couldn't say
> enough good about his new one,
concluding:
>
> "There are no saints in this angry, gritty,
uncompromising
> novel.
> Although 'Done for a Dime' is immensely readable, it
may be
> too harsh,
> too painful, for some readers, but if you are
looking for the
> best in
> contemporary crime fiction, this is it."
>
> Has anyone here read it? Is it really this
good?
>
> Mark
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