I believe you have three excellent points / questions.
I've read Echo Park.
Michael, any insights -- or will Harry tells us in your 2009
installment? <smile>
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Patrick King
<abrasax93@...> wrote:
>
> I found the resolution and ending of ECHO PARK
quite
> satisfying. There are a couple of elements I'd like
to
> raise for discussion. It was great to see Pratt
meet
> his demise when he was so close to pulling off
his
> scam and it was equally great to see Bosch
vindicated
> in his pursuit of Anthony Garland.
>
> I'd like to know how Garland actually came to
kill
> Marie Gesto. As far as we know, Garland,
though
> certainly deeply disturbed, is not a serial
murderer.
> We assume, along with Harry, that he murdered
Gesto
> because of her resemblance to the girl who moved
to
> Texas, but we don't really know. The only story
we
> have about Marie's death we got from Waits and we
do
> know that for the most part its fabricated.
It
> troubles me that Garland, who was so unflappable
on
> the subject for 13 years, completely loses it in
Echo
> Park and murders Pratt, even though his father
told
> him not to. Not that it's unrealistic. Certainly
minds
> that resort to murder can behave very
irrationally
> after long calculating periods. Under the
circumstance
> I didn't see that Pratt's demand for more money
would
> have acted as such a powerful stresser on
Anthony.
> Part of Anthony's motive has got to be not only
to
> embarrass his father, but to involve him in
his
> crimes.
>
> Tho other thing about T. Rex Garland is what
happens
> to him? We're left thinking that he's going to
prison.
> But from what we know about the history of LA crime
&
> punishment, people like T. Rex tend to get off
scott
> free. The recent case of Phil Spector comes to
mind.
> This guy shot a girl after a lifetime habit
of
> bringing women home and threatening them with
guns.
> But the jury was hung and they're not going to try
him
> again. WHAT? Conclusion: If you have enough money
you
> can kill people in Los Angeles. So as far as I can
see
> T. Rex didn't kill anyone. He's at best guilty
of
> conspiracy after the fact. A good lawyer can
probably
> get most of the evidence thrown out as
inadmissable
> due to the way it was collected. There was
nothing
> illegal about the campaign contributions. Maybe
all
> this is addressed in a future book I haven't read
yet.
> If so, rest assured I will read it.
>
> My last comment is about Rachel Walling. What is
the
> matter with this woman? She fights side by side
with
> this guy. Did he put her life in danger? Not once.
He
> faced the danger himself, calculated the
odds
> correctly and solved the problem. And this in
her
> opinion makes him a loose cannon and she doesn't
want
> to live with him. This from an FBI agent
who
> completely ignores all the rules imposed upon her
when
> she sees an opportunity to bring a bad guy to
justice.
> That she walks out on Harry makes a good story,
but
> her reasons don't ring true. My sense is she
has
> emotional problems around intimacy and if Harry
plays
> it cool, she'll come crawling back. Where else is
she
> going to find a guy like that?
>
> I greatly enjoyed my introduction to Harry
Bosch.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patrick King
>
>
>
>
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