I have EXPIRATION DATE, along with Victor Gischler's THE DEPUTY, on their
way to me as we speak from a bookstore where Duane and Victor had a
side-by-side signing. Very much looking forward to them both.
Ron C.
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> From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of sonny
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> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Dave Zeltserman's KILLER...
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> it's next up for me. i'm reading duane swierczy's 'expiration date' now.
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> --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> From: Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net>
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Dave Zeltserman's KILLER...
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010, 4:34 PM
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> I finished KILLER last night, and found it to be another fantastic book by
> Dave. It even added -- to a slight degree -- elements from another niche
> genre that I love, hitman novels. Obviously, that wasn't the focus, per
se,
> but that contextual element added to the other main components of the book
> (the noirish, faltering quest for redemption, lone man struggling against
> odd and the weight of society, etc.) made for a terrific package.
>
> I think I'd still say PARIAH is my favorite of the man-out-of-prison
> trilogy, however. It was a close call, to say the least, and there are
> elements of KILLER that I think do transcend PARIAH, but overall I think
> PARIAH still stands as my favorite. But, in the end, PARIAH and KILLER
are
> both terrific works...that I preferred one fractionally more than the
other
> is like saying I like Rocky Road fudge more than walnut fudge...the degree
> of preference is so small it's really not worth mentioning. ;-)
>
> I enthusiastically recommend this book -- especially to folks on this
list.
> Books this good and finely-tuned to our particular preferences are tough
to
> find...like a killer's stiletto blade to the heart (a lil' in-reference
for
> those who have read the book), this one hits the target dead-on.
>
> Ron C.
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