I'm with Bill in praise of Ross Macdonald. Someone said he
was mediocre. De gustibus non disputandem est. I've always
found his writing *amazing*.
Don
--- Bill Crider <
macavityabc@gmail.com> wrote:
> William said, " I was just reading The Chill
by
> Macdonald and I'm not going
> to bother to finish it. It's really
boring."
>
> When I discovered Ross Macdonald in the early
'60s,
> I couldn't read his
> books fast enough. I stayed up into the wee
hours
> finishing some of them,
> including THE CHILL, probably my favorite among
his
> books. I vaguely
> remember someone (Boucher?) saying that
Macdonald's
> plots were "like a
> fishhook in the mind." That's the way they
worked
> for me. Obviously not
> for others.
>
> Bill Crider
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have
been
> removed]
>
>
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