I've been meaning to write about The Wheelman. I read it a
week or so ago and really enjoyed it. I had to fight the urge
to take my pulse every once in a while.
Good questions, Mark. I'd like to know the answers,
too.
Karin
At 22:18 18/12/05 -0500,
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net (Mark Sullivan) wrote:
>Last night, I finished The Wheelman by Duane
Swierczynski. Really,
>really good.
>
>I don't know why, perhaps the title, but I expected a
very stripped
>down, almost minimalist story like the great car
movies of the '70s,
>like The Driver, Two Lane Blacktop or Vanishing Point
(is the use of the
>name Kowalski a shout out to Barry Newman?). That's
not at all what I
>got. Stripped down, yes, but I got enough plot to
fill a vintage Gold
>Medal (amazing how much plot they stuffed into those
thin volumes). And
>Duane keeps it very tightly under control. I must
admit I didn't think
>that was the case with his earlier novel, Secret Dead
Man; I thought the
>plot got away from him near the end. But The Wheelman
juggles a lot of
>people and subplots, but expertly weaves them in and
out. As I said,
>really, really good. Sure to be loved by just about
anyone on this
>list. All it needed was trashier cover art (not that
I didn't really
>like the kinda punky artwork it does have); maybe the
paperback will get
>that.
>
>MAJOR SPOILER ALERT
>
>Duane, I do have a question about the bodies in the
pipe. When
>Perelli's men went to check the bodies in the pipe,
they found six
>bodies. But I only counted five -- Bling, Mikal and
Andrew on the first
>dump, Holden later dumped Evsei and Wilcoxson. So
who'd I miss? Also,
>are we supposed to know who are in the last two body
bags? Did the
>mustached guy perfom a coup on Perelli and take
either Dovaz or his
>daughter with him? Or were they just two more, random
casualties?
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