McHale, Steve (SMcHale@filenet.com)
Fri, 5 Nov 1999 07:54:22 -0800
> The other day I read Joe Gores's _Contract Null
&
> Void_, a superb DKA novel with no padding at all.
I
> read it straight, and at times I felt I had a
Gold
> Medal in my hands. Great, exemplary stuff. There
is
> one scene near the end where Kearny shoots one of
the
> bad guys in a cold and professional manner that
pays
> homage to Hammett and to the best of
hardboiled.
>
One thing
that strikes me about the DKA series is how fast some of the
stories move. You need to wear your seatbelt when reading
Gone No Forwarding or Dead Skip. On the other hand, 32
Cadillacs is where Gores has great fun with DKA.
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