Bill wrote:
> > Not to mention his most recent, SQUEEZE PLAY,
already getting
rave
> > reviews,
> > though it's available only in review copies so
far.
Just in case anyone's rushing to amazon to buy it (and if
not, why not?!) the third one is called SUICIDE SQUEEZE.
Bill, I'm very jealous of you if you've read it
already.
And Brian wrote:
>Vic Gischler is a writer of power and discernment,
with a
> strong handle on the narrative, good
characterization, strong
plotting,
> first-rate dialogue, and a wit as dry as the
Sahara.
And a really, really warped mind. I like that in a person
:o)
Gun Monkeys also has one of my favourite opening lines of any
book:
I turned the Chrysler onto the florida Turnpike with Rollo
Kramer's headless body in the trunk, and all the time I'm
thinking I should have put some plastic down.
Which also reminds me of two other hard boiled humour writers
who I didn't mention in my last post. They have excellent
first lines too -
so good that I remember them:
James Crumley's LAST GOOD KISS:
When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was
drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball
Roberts in a ramshackle joint just outside Sonoma,
California, drinking the heart right out of a fine spring
afternoon.
and Neville Smith's GUMSHOE
He looked like the kind of guy your mother would like to
marry your sister. If you had a mother. If you had a
sister.
Donna
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