Because of that particular scene or because you didn't enjoy
Huston's writing or the book as a whole?
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, <funkmasterj@...>
wrote:
>
> >Charlie Huston is probably my favorite writer of
the new crop and
> >I've been recommending him to every
Spanish-speaker I know who can
> >read in English.
> >
> >It's not the violence (or the ultra-violence if
you will) in the
> >stories that's wrong. Sometimes you need exactly
that to tell a good
> >story. For instance, I don't think the cat
torture scene in Huston's
> >Caught Stealing was unnecessary, as shocking as
it was.
>
> You're entitled to your opinion of course, but I've
never pick up
another book of Huston's again.
>
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