I didn't a chance to say anything last week, but I've enjoyed
seeing the chat with Kent Harrington. Kent, I have a question
about the times when DIA DE LOS MUERTOS and RED JUNGLE are
set.
I'm rereading DIA right now, and I can't find the line, but
there's a mention near the start that the peso has collapsed
and the Mexican economy is in trouble. DIA was published in
1997--is that a reference to the
"December mistake" of 1994, an economic crisis, or is the
book set slightly in the future? I ask because RED JUNGLE is
set slightly in the future, where coffee is dropping in price
and the Guatemalan economy is in trouble. I don't know enough
about Mexico to guess if you were doing the same thing in
DIA.
Here's a line from DIA DE LOS MUERTOS that made me laugh.
It's thought by a beautiful woman as she walks over a bridge
out of California and crosses the border into Mexico: "Going
back ito Tijuana was like putting on a pair of crotchless
panties."
I can hardly believe you have a new novel sitting in the
drawer that no-one wants to publish! The publishing business
makes no sense.
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : www.miskatonic.org : www.frbr.org
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