Chris M wrote:
On deck: Temperance Town by John Williams; Little Girl Lost
by Richard Aleas; I Spit on Your Grave by Boris Vian (forward
by Sallis!); Lady Yesterday by Esltemen; and After You with
the Pistol by Kyril Bonfiglioli
(anyone read these?).
*********** I snipped most of your comments but I enjoyed
reading them. I think THE GLASS HIGHWAY is the Estelman that
I've read, too, but I'm not sure. Estelman has done well with
the Chandler tradition. Bluesy, lonely, and sad. Peter Corris
comes to mind in a similar vein.
Lankford's SHOOTERS is wonderful. The suspension of disbelief
concerning the character's ability to pen such a memoir is
something I live with easily.
Of the ones you ask about, I've only read Vian's I SPIT ON
YOUR GRAVE. Like Hallas's I PLAY THE BLACK AND THE RED COMES
UP, it's been suggested that Vian wrote this as a parody. If
true, it's ironic. He went through prolonged legal grief over
it with the government censors and, if I recall correctly, he
died of a heart attack in a fit of frustration while
directing the movie version. What did I think of it? I think
violence without significant subtext is sensationalism. I'm
not a total prude, though. After all, I live in southern
Indiana. The part of me that laughs at dirty jokes enjoyed
it.
miker
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