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17:06:01 -0000 From: "jacquesdebierue" <
jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re: Just
read Perchance to Dream
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, <funkmasterj@...>
wrote:
> >
> > I didn't even know about this book until the
recent discussion. I
> just read it yesterday & today.
> >
> > It's a quick, easy read, not a bad book. The
plot, but not the
> prose, was Chandleresque, including how Marlowe did
get knocked out,
> as I recall he did in every Chandler novel. However,
I really didn't
> understand the point of the direct quotes from the
Big Sleep mixed in
> the novel and pointedly all in italics. All they
seemed to do is show
> that Robert Parker isn't Raymond
Chandler.
> >
>
> I thought it was better than Poodle
Springs,
No doubt. Poodle Springs and Perchance to Dream so far are
the only of Parker's books I've read. I did enjoy them.
Jordan
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