Doug Basset again:
> I think those who like the Dortmunder Westlake
will
> tend to like the Grofeld books, and vice
versa.
>
I may be an exception in this also. I like Grofield though
I'm not crazy about the Dortmunder books, but I really like
most of Westlake's lighter books.
As long as Doug mentioned Dortmunder I'll sneak in a mention
of an author who definitely is not hard boiled. I really like
English fantasy writer Tom Holt. In one of his latest books
he takes on fairy tales and nursery rhymes. After blowing
down the Three Pigs' house, The Big Bad Wolf, sensing
danger,
"figured out long ago that true courage is the ability to
throw fear out of focus long enough to get the job done.
Through these mean glades a wolf must trot, and that was all
there was to it."
You find echoes of Chandler in unexpected places. Mark
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