This one is an author I overlooked since long.
I recently discussed with the French Editor of a
specialist imprint, Rivages/noir, who confirmed that he could
not understand why O'Connell was not better known in
France.
He sees him as one of the great American noir
authors.
At the same time, he told me that O'Connell
thought many times of dropping the whole thing, but was
always encouraged by Ellroy to continue to write.
It was Ellroy who introduced the novels of
O'connell to Rivages, years ago.Untill now, three of them
where translated.
Maybe the mood of O'Connell facing what he
thought was a general lack of recognition, explains his long
silence before his recent novel ?
E.Borgers
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