RARA-AVIS: Re: THE COLORADO KID >>>> SPOILER!!!!!!

From: Dave Zeltserman ( davezelt@comcast.net)
Date: 13 Nov 2005


 As for his hard-boiled creds, some of his best work does have very dark
> if not always hard-boiled overtones. I could easily imagine MISERY
> filmed in the forties, maybe as an RKO quickie, starring William
Holden
> and Gloria Swanson or Bette Davis? Creepy? Yes...
>
>

I personally like King, and agree that Misery is a good read, and borderline noir. That said, I could not get through Colorado Kid. I found the writing to cutesy and artificial, and slogged through the first 30 pages before throwing in the towel.

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