Re: RARA-AVIS: Dora, Derek and lions and tigers and bears oh
my
Mari Hall (found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net)
Mon, 09 Nov 1998 07:51:00 -0600
I am going to post this in several pieces so I won't bore you
and clog
your mail box. To begin I got all four books out. He Died with
His Eyes
Open (c 1984) The Devil's Home on leave (c 1985) How the Dead
Live (c
1986) and Dora (c 1990) then I read the first 50 pages (+ or -)
of each
to compare the story and style. As an opening comment--Dora
does not fit
the pattern. All the others start from the perspective of our
"nameless"
detective, but Dora begins through the eyes of the killer (and
that
chapter goes on too long). Now, as another comment, does anyone
remember
that wonderful (at least to me) TV show from the UK in the 70's
or '80's
about The Chinese Detective? (It was gritty and he worked alone
became
no one wanted to work with him, and his "beat" was the
docklands area of
London) Well, that is who I picture as our "nameless"
narrator.
More anon
from Mari Hall found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net
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