Re: RARA-AVIS: Richard Prather

Greg Swan (swan@poboxes.com)
Sat, 02 May 1998 19:19:23 -0700 Michael --

Prather is part of that company, including Bellem, Daly and, to some extent
Spillane, which -- as I recall -- is not your cup of tea.

Greg
swan@poboxes.com

michael david sharp wrote:
>
> Can someone explain the appeal of Prather. I don't mean to assault
> anyone's taste, but I have never been able to get more than few pages in
> to a Prather novel. Hackneyed, wooden, generally terrible writing . . .
> does he take a while to warm up or what? Are Shell Scotts better than
> non-series novels?
>
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