Thanks for the link to the Bruen interview, Al. I had trouble
getting it to work, but finally did. It's very inspirational
when a writer can be uncompromising and still published and
read. What I found especially interesting was that although
Ken Bruen will not tone down the violence in his books to
suit anyone else, he still has his own "too much" that he
doesn't want to read:
"No, noir can never be noir enough, but I hate the gore in
many mystery novelsÂfull on scenes of minute descriptions of
skinning or cannibalism. I don't think that's noir. It's pure
sensationalism… and wasted space. Less is more and suggestion
is almost more horrific. Set the scene and let the reader
draw the horrible implicationÂworks so much better."
Karin
At 05:21 16/03/05, Al Guthrie wrote:
> In a short interview on Duane Swierczynksi's blog,
Bruen mentions the violence in his books as something he
won't compromise on:
>
http://secretdead.blogspot.com/2005/03/secret-dead-blog-interview-ken-bruen.
>html
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