Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Pelecanos - My Five Most Important Crime Novels

From: Brian Thornton (bthorntonwriter@gmail.com)
Date: 05 Oct 2008

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    On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Stewart Wilson <stewart@stewartwilson.com>wrote:

    > "We all know what the five best crime novels are (!)"
    >

    Who is "we"? "We" as in the denizens of Rara Avis can't even agree on whether or not George Pelecanos is all that good as a writer.

    Check the archives.

    (disclaimer: I've said it before and I'll say it again: I think his screen work on "The Wire" is first-rate)

    All the Best-

    Brian

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