Tapani: I couldn't agree more about Lawrence Block. His prose
is one of the cleanest and smoothest around. His plots almost
don't matter his prose is so good. Interestingly, though, in
one of his early books republished by Hardcase, Lucky at
Cards, his writing was actually a bit ragged, showing how
much he had grown as a writer from that book to
Scudder.
As good as Block's prose is, I don't think anyone in the
mystery space matches Rex Stout as far as pure writing
goes.
--Dave Zeltserman
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Tapani Bagge
<tapani.bagge@...> wrote:
>
> I'll give my vote to both Block and Westlake. The
deserve a month
a
> guy. Or a year.
>
> They're both a pleasure to read and to translate.
Cool, clear
prose,
> even in their humorous work. I've learned a lot from
these men.
>
> Tapani Bagge
>
> kerkhoc kirjoitti 10.10.2007 kello 17.01:
>
> > My vote goes to a Donald Westlake month. In my
opinion, one of
the top
> > three living crime writers.
> >
> > Claus
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> >
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