RARA-AVIS: Re: Florida Writers

From: terry bowman (foolesgold@gmail.com)
Date: 17 Aug 2008

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    One of my favorites is the sometimes hard (but mostly soft) boiled Randy Wayne White. Doc Ford and Tomlinson have given me a few thrills and a few laughs over the years. Entertaining series.

    tb

    --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, BaxDeal@... wrote:
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    > In a message dated 8/16/08 7:48:42 AM, nevins_mark@... writes:
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    > > John, thanks for that engaging snapshot of your perceptions of Florida
    > > writers.
    > >
    > > However, you've missed two of my favorites, who would seem to me critical
    > > for any list:
    > >
    > > New School: Tim Dorsey: "Elmore Leonard on crystal meth" might be a brief
    > > descriptor
    > >
    > > Old School: Charles Willeford: impossible to describe, and one of my
    > > favorite *writers*, period, not just crime writers.
    > >
    > > Mark Nevins
    > >
    > >
    >
    > I haven't read Dorsey, but I touted Willeford at the tail of my post as The
    > Dean of FLA
    >
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