Re: RARA-AVIS: Giles Blunt, "By The Time You Read This"

From: Stephen Burridge ( stephen.burridge@gmail.com)
Date: 22 Nov 2006


Thanks; if Pelecanos says it's "hardboiled/noir" I'm sure it is.

I just read "The Night Gardener", btw. Excellent, as most people seem to agree. I've read 4 or 5 of his books and I thought this was easily the best of them.

Stephen

On 11/21/06, Chris M < cptpipes@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Stephen, thanks for bringing up Giles Blunt. I didn't realize he had a
> new
> book out, but will have to track this one down soon.
>
> I first learned about Blunt when George Pelecanos wrote this on Rara Avis
> back in 2001:
>
> >FORTY WORDS FOR SORROW, by Giles Blunt, an excellent hardboiled/noir
> novel
> >set in Canada, >which should put to rest the recent discussions on this
> >list about the existence of such good >books up North.
>
> best,
> Chris
>
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