I tracked down Whitfield's novel after a conversation with a
book store owner, who said that it and Paul Cain's FAST ONE
were the most hard-boiled books ever written.
How accurate is that assessment? I still haven't been able to
scare up a copy of FAST ONE.
I made it through the end of GREEN ICE and found plenty to
admire, but on the whole I can't say that I liked it. You
won't find writing more taut than Whitfield's. But Mal
Ourney's quest (to go reformer and "protect the little crooks
from the big ones") never gelled for me, and the story
lurches all over the place.
Still, flipping through the book again and finding some
cherce lines makes me think I ought to give it another
shot.
Vince
www.vincekeenan.com Pop culture, high and low, past and
present. One day at a time.
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