> No comments on his style, so with all the authority
of exactly 60 pages
> read, let me rush to judgement...to say that he's got
this reader. The
> smoothest job of slipping into a main plot that I've
seen in some time
For my money, it's one of the best action novels I've ever
read. Comedy,
when written in action terms, becomes slapstick -- and this
one's full of
it. I think Paul Cain gets credit for writing the ultimate
hard-boiled
action novel, Fast One. For my money, compared to Rage in
Harlem, Fast One
takes a slow boat to China. Plus, for some odd reason, the
characters and
setting seemed to come to just enough life to make it all
believable.
Reading this one felt like watching one of Hollywood's best
action
blockbusters.
Yeah, I know, I wrote more of a sound bite than a review. But
it just felt
right to do it this way.
Greg
swan@poboxes.com
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