In a message dated 11/14/05 9:42:19 AM,
gsp.schoo@murderoutthere.com writes:
> Going back to where this thread began, I think
Postman is an excellent
> example of plot revealing character. So much story,
so much happens to
> these people I think we often forget how slim this
book is- about 120
> pages. The two characters meeting, trying to move
apart then together
> again, two attempts at murder, a trial, blackmail
and another murder,
> finally death. And we learn about its characters,
who seem very real and
> complex to me, through what they do and say, not
through long passages of
> analysis and creative writing designed to tell the
reader what the
> character is thinking or feeling.
>
co-sign. Cain's efficiency floors me
John Lau
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