You may be right and I may have a wrong impression here...I
also think that the fact that not much of foreign crime
fiction (noir or not) is discussed comes simply from the
(sad) fact that not much is translated...
I loved the language of the first novels in the same sense
that I absolutely love Ken Bruen nowadays, but Vachss went
away from that a long time ago...his style was biting at one
time and the rythm (i.e. cutting/editing) of his novels had
pulse, tension and surprise at every turn...then it got very
stale and ultra predictable...
Montois
On 1/28/08 3:01 PM, "jacquesdebierue" <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com> ,
> Steve Novak <Cinefrog@...> wrote:
> <<Vachss has been mentioned here off and on
about twice a year for the
> last
> few years...I have always sensed that both the
personality and the
> subjects
> he covers are not very ³in² Rara-avians at large,
whose overall taste is
> much ³classic² (even when it comes to noir) let¹s
say and whose forays
> outside the �canons¹ (even into the
multitudes of foreign writers) are
> far
> and few between...>>
>
> Steve, my impression is just the opposite. Most
Raravians I know read
> all kinds of things, canon be damned. Personally,
crime fiction is
> maybe 10% of what I read.
>
> As to Vacchs, I read his first couple of books and
they didn't grab me
> enough, so I never went back. Also, I found him
preachy.
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
>
>
Steve Novak
Cinefrog@comcast.net
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