<<I picked up _The Poet_ a few days ago, remembering
what you'd said
about Connelly, Mario, and loved it. The plot is extremely
compelling
- it was unputdownable - and there was something a little odd
- flat,
maybe, but not in a bad way - about the narration that
intrigued me.
I'm surprised to see others here couldn't even be bothered to
finish
some of this other books but I'm going to give try the Harry
Bosch
series.>>
Connelly has a gift for creating suspense and his plots are
devilish. To
my mind, the best Bosch is "The Concrete Blonde" - I bet you
won't be
able to put than one down, either. The "flatness" that you
observed in
"The Poet" is fairly typical of Connelly. Perhaps his
experience as a
reporter for the L.A. Times shaped his detached style. I
notice the same
detachment in the work of Julie Smith, another former
reporter -
although she is very different in other respects, her sense
of humor
being the most visible one.
I was going to read Kent Harrington's "Dark Ride" and write a
little
review, but unfortunately I picked up "Cat and Mouse", a late
Gault
novel (1988) featuring Brock (The Rock) Callahan and got
wrapped up in
it. In this book, Gault has a neighbor called Bill
Crider...
Too much to read, and too little time. At least I remember
The Drowning
Pool, afterm so many rereadings - maybe I can
participate.
Regards,
Mario Taboada
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