Duane wrote:
> I read THE COLORADO KID this past weekend. I'm sure
it
> will sell bunches of copies, about which I'm
pleased
> for Hard Case Crime books, but I wish this outing
for
> the imprint by King had been a bit tighter story.
I'm
> not really bothered by the ending, but King
doesn't
> seem to be at his best form in this one, I'm sorry
to
> say.
I'm not sure it was that loose. Granted, it's not the
hard-boiled/noir story I was hoping for (and which I still
keep hoping King will unleash on us one of these days), but I
fell right into his narrative trap, and really got into the
characters and story. It reminded me at times of one of John
D. MacDonald's non-crime tales.
The problem for me was that at a certain point, the actual
physical book itself gave away the ending -- or lack of
ending. With only so many pages left, I realized what King
was going to do -- and he did it. Which considerably weakened
the sucker punch "surprise." But short of publishing fifty or
so extra fake pages to mislead readers, I'm not sure how
HardCrime could have done it.
Sort of like, you know if the suspect is guilty or not on LAW
AND ORDER by what point in the show he's arrested. If it's
too early, he's almost always innocent. And if, in the trial
portion of the show, the suspect still looks like his goose
is cooked before the last station break, it's a pretty good
bet he'll skate.
Kevin
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