Re: RARA-AVIS: re: Grofield

From: Jesse Willis ( jessewillis@yahoo.com)
Date: 28 Oct 2004


There is also another Gorfield novel called THE DAMSEL as well.

Westlake says Stark is working on another novel with the title of "Ask The Parrot" - that is either a new Grofield or something new from Stark.

Jesse

--- Tapani Bagge < tapani.bagge@aina.fi> wrote:

> I've read two Grofield books. LEMONS NEVER LIE was
> sort of a mix between
> Parker and Dortmunder and quite good, a relaxed and
> funny
> semi-hardboiled book, but to me BLACKBIRD didn't
> work very well, maybe
> because I'm not so much into this secret agent game.
> I think BLACKBIRD
> is one of of the weakest efforts of Westlake, among
> his only sf novel,
> Anarchaos. Of course it's still Westlake, and even
> in his lamest he can
> write circles around most of the others in the
> business.
>
> I do have another Grofield book, THE DAME, on my
> shelf. It seems to be
> some kind of an jungle adventure with mobsters, but
> I haven't read it
> yet.
>
> Tapani B.

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