The biggest problem I had with most of Mcdonald novels is
that they surely don't reflect the place he holds on the
American "hall of fame" for noir/HB writers. Most of the
critics of mystery lit put him on the podium with Hammer and
Chandler!
I personally think it's a fallacy and his place is not there.
A good writer, but with a lot of "misses". Obsessed by
families pasts and hasty psychology... He's a second rank
writer, even if he can craft his novels.
Somebody said here he writes always the same novels, as did
Goodis.. I agree, but most of the time Mcdonald is
uninvolving, and he really serves the same kind of plots,
(rarely interesting). Besides his cripple plots
what are you left with? Goodis repeats the same world,
the same kind of losers, but he is involving, and his novels
speak to a part of our deep selves. And, for the reader, his
obsessions are haunting ...
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
--- abc <
abc@wt.net> wrote:
> Daniel: Mcdonald got better. Unless you're
the
> kind of
> person who has to read a series in order,
I'd
> recommend that
> you try a later book (say, THE CHILL). If you
don't
> like
> that one any better than you liked THE
MOVING
> TARGET, then
> move on to someone else.
>
> Bill Crider
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