Is this the same John Gardner who wrote "The Art of
Fiction"?
--Dave Zeltserman
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Moore"
<moorich@...> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, JIM DOHERTY
<jimdohertyjr@>
> wrote:
> >
> > I just heard that best-selling spy novelist
John
> > Gardner passed away on 7 August.
> >
> Thanks for passing this sad news along Jim. I agree
with your
> accessment. Gardner was a very talented writer with
great range.
His
> James Bond sendup series featuring the bumbling
Boysie Oakes is
quite
> funny and he also wrote some of the best serious
fiction about the
> world of espionage. His novels featuring Herbie
Kruger are a
great
> achievement. If that wasn't enough, he wrote a grim
little police
> series including the excellent A COMPLETE STATE OF
DEATH (1969)and
two
> carefully researched novels featuring Proessor
Moriarty.
>
> I always felt Gardner's work on the James Bond
novels--fair or not-
-
> limited his own reputation.
>
> Richard Moore
>
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