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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Michael Robison
<miker_zspider@...> wrote:
>
> Just finished this novel by Joe Gores. What a
great
> book! Loved it. I started this immediately
after
> finishing Willeford's Shark-Infested Custard, and
it
> didn't take ten pages into Dead Man to sense
the
> difference in style. Gores's prose is alive
and
> dynamic. The characters are vivid and
interesting,
> and Gores interweaves subtle nuances throughout
the
> book.
>
Great book, yes, but the cottonmouth situation is quite
incredible.
> I've read a few others by him, Interface,
Come
> Morning, and Cases. I think that Interface has
been
> mentioned here as perhaps the greatest detective
story
> ever written. Cases, although it is obviously
a
> collection of short stories roughly patched
together
> into a novel, is still a great book. Come Morning
was
> OK. I think I've exhausted all my unread
Gores
> novels. Time to stock up.
_Come Morning_ is one of my favorites. If you haven't read
Gores's two "Gypsy" novels, I strongly recommend them.
They're funny, tough, very attractive within the objective
style that Gores inherited from Hammett and perfected in his
own way.
Best,
MrT
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