I second your thumbs up for Coyle - makes my top 10 very near
the #1 slot. Never read a Higgins that I regretted cracking
the cover.
JAA
----- Original Message -----
From: Charlie Stella
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 3:29 AM
Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Books I couldn't
finish
And I feel your pain
> with THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE. It's an
important
> milestone in the hardboiled genre, so I plowed my
way
> through to the finish, but I found it drab and
dull.
> I didn't give a rat's ass what happened to anybody
in
> the book.
>
> miker
>
>
drab and dull? Eddie Coyle? Madonna mia ... is
this the end of Rico?
I plowed my way through at least 50 times (read
it every year at
least once, sometimes several times) ... drab and
dull?
Where's my crack pipe when I need it?
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