"But the author, whose name escapes me at the moment, uses a
writing technique with which I'm unfamiliar. He has dialogue
but no quotes"
I'm currently reading James Crumley's BORDERSNAKES (excellent
book) and he does an interesting variation on this. Shugrue
narrates one chapter in which whatever anyone else says in a
conversation is in quotes, while whatever he says is not and
is more a paraphrase than a quote. I liked the effect. It
felt like you were in his head, watching him think the dialog
rather than speak it.
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Kent Johnson San Francisco
kjohnson@slip.net
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