RARA-AVIS: Woolrich, McCoy & Cain
BaxDeal@aol.com
Sat, 3 Apr 1999 23:19:27 EST
now I'm really going out on a limb here, but Cornell Woolrich
puts me to
sleep.
I've only read Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye, but I certainly wouldn't
call Horace
McCoy the equal of James M. Cain off of that. Postman and
Double Indemnity
created a structural template which is still being mined
today.
I can't even agree with Mario that KTG would make a good movie,
which was the
angle on which I was reading the book. the plot is an unfocused
mess,
without a clear, central concept. it reads like McCoy was just
making it up
as he went along.
John Lau
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