Neither did I react to the original thread about DeLillo
because I only read "Libra" .
But what I remember is that DeLillo was one of the preferred
authors of James Ellroy, as he mentioned it during his 2001
European tour for the publishing of the "The Cold Six
Thousand"; he linked Delillo as a direct influence in the way
he looks to contemporary history (speaking of his own novels
and the Kennedy era) Other authors he said he knew well were
George Simenon and Jean-Patrick Manchette, cited as his
choice amongst French writers
(Simenon is Belgian but wrote in French, as you know).
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
>I'll follow late on the DeLillo comments since I
think I was responsible for
>the thread by mentioning "White Noise." WN is
probably DeLillo's funniest
>book. As others said here, I think, the three other
titles that would appeal
>most to this list are "Running Dog," "Players," and
"The Names" (Oh yeah, and
>also the Lee Harvey Oswald book, "Libra"). I'll put
in a particular plug for
>"The Names." I think this is DeLillo's best book, and
it doesn't get the
>recognition it deserves. It does have
crime/conspiracy in it; also it's set in
>Greece. ../...
>Doug
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