Brian Lalor:
>
> Hmmm... A friend just loaned me "Fade Away" and
"Drop Shot" and I can't
say I thought of them as hard boiled at the time, but on
further reflection I suppose they are, especially where Win
is concerned. I love books that make me laugh out loud, which
is exactly what Coben does with Myron Bolitar.
> ----------
I've read the Bolitar books but always regarded them as
guilty pleasures. I like sports, and Bolitar's territory
ranges from Philadelphia to NYC a an area I lived in for
almost fifteen years. Plus he was the top draft pick of the
Boston Celtics, my favorite NBA team. Coben is clearly is
very influenced by Crais. Myron and Win are clearly East
Coast imitations of Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. If you go
farther Crais is indebted to Robert Parker's Spenser and
Hawk. Parker acknowledges his debt to Chandler. Marlowe had
to walk the mean streets by himself without a buddy to hold
his hand. Maybe the trend to twosomes with only one of them
fit to serve as the front man is indicitive of our time. It's
too complicated and confusing for only one man to function in
well in. Mark
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