Usually alternating first and third persons bugs the hell out
of me, but I enjoyed this book a lot-very clever fun book,
and a nice tribute to both Ed McBain and Jim Thompson. What I
liked most about it, other than Ken's unique style, is all
the bad behavior by the cops--especially with the bad manners
murderer on the loose, with several of the cops seeming more
deranged than the killer. I highly recommend this book
also.
--Dave
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Chris M"
<cptpipes@...> wrote:
>
> From Stewart:
> >Some short comments on very recent
reading:
> >
> > CALIBRE by Ken Bruen...It has some of the first
person/third
person
> >alternating chapters style (which I dislike)
going, but the first
> >person is yelling at the reader to read Jim
Thompson, so I can
forgive
> >it in this case.
>
> HA!
>
> I think I've gone on record too as not liking books
with the
serial killer
> alternating chapters in first person (especially
when it involves
the use of
> italics!), but it didn't bug me at all with Calibre.
I guess this
is the
> first time a character like that has a voice I
didn't mind.
>
> Otherwise, I'll echo Stewart's comments that this
was a great read.
>
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