--- William Denton <
buff@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> I don't think Jack O'Connell's ever been
mentioned
> on the list before
> yesterday. What's the best book of his to
start
> with? I see BOX NINE,
> WORD MADE FLESH, WIRELESS, and SKIN PALACE by
him.
I've read them all except for SKIN PALACE, and mostly liked
them. Umberto Eco and Philip Dick take a walk down Ellroy's
mean streets, sort of, if you can imagine that kind of
conglomeration. Much playing around with postmodern notions
of storytelling and narrative.
BOX NINE fell apart at the conclusion, I thought, WIRELESS
was strong and WORD MADE FLESH was absolutely terrific. I'm
not sure, though, that I'd start with FLESH: O'Connell's
world is a strange one, and BOX NINE is a good introduction
to it.
doug
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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