Chris wrote:
"This is said with a pang of guilt, but sometimes I think I
am the only Avian with a library card."
I just hate having to give the books back.
"I finished this recently and am not sure what to make of it
yet. I loved Blood Meridian and Child of God, though have not
read Suttree. No Country for Old Men was not what I expected
from McCarthy. It is a quick thriller that is certainly not
bad, but not staggering like Blood Meridian."
It was reviewed in the Washington Post Book World last week.
The reviewer said much the same as you, that it's worth
reading, but it's a
"minor addition" to McCarthy's work. He also said there is a
rumor going around that the book was initially about 600
pages, but was cut for the marketplace.
"I should add that I'm a sucker for these kinds of books from
the literary types. I even liked Tough Guys Don't
Dance."
Now that's an intriguing subgenre. What other books would you
add to the list of thrillers/crime novels by literary types?
I can think of two immediately: Squeeze Play by Paul Benjamin
Auster, who drops the last name for his pseudonym, and
Straight Cut by Madison Smartt (is it the "t" that's repeated
or the "a," I can never remember) Bell.
Mark
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