> In a message dated 2/20/08 2:44:07 PM,
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net
> writes:
>
> In recent hardboiled fiction, mostly PI novels,
there's a
> trend to incorporate chapters of third person
material in a
> narrative that is first person overall. This
is often to
> report events that the narrator did not witness/was
not
> involved in and/or to show the actions of the
killer, often
> serial killer, being hunted by the
PI.
>
I finished reading a William Bernhardt (more of a thriller)
novel using two 3rd person POVs (autistic person and villain)
while the main narrator was in 1st POV. It's not jarring if
the book begins that way and, you, the reader are onboard
with the plan. I've read a few books that resort to multiple
POVs in mid-stream. IIRC, Harlan Coben does it in THE
WOODS.
Ed Lynskey
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