As I recall it, most of the talk was about Ellin writing a PI
novel at all. It was a distinct departure for him. I had not
heard about the months of research, although I don't doubt
that he did. He was certainly known for extensive rewriting
until he was completely satisfied with his language. Ellin is
an old favorite of mine but as I said before it has been
years since I read THE EIGHTH CIRCLE or any of his earlier
novels. I do reread his short stories all the time and its
probably time for another look at the early novels.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "dj_bassett"
<dj_bassett@...> wrote:
> >
>
> What little I've read *about* THE EIGHTH CIRCLE was
all about how
Ellin
> strove to "get it right" with months of research
with PI firms of
the
> day and a striving for authenticity and the like.
And certainly
the
> book has the "feel" of a "realistic" novel, a
deliberate stab at
doing
> something different than the Chandler-myth. The PI
here is quite
> sucessful and the firm very large, for
instance.
>
> It's not a bad book by any means, just rather less
good than I
hoped
> it'd be.
>
> doug
>
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