Miker
"They Shoot Horses..." is the best, but there's some terrific
stuff in "No Pockets in a Shroud" and "I should Have Styed
Home". McCoy, like Thompson, is a master of creating
convincing deranged minds. I recently read his last,
"Scalpel." It was marketed on release as a more "serious"
novel, and is less hard-boiled - the jacket blurb is
positively syrupy to attract a wider audience. But for
overall consistency of writing and cohesion I'd say it runs
"Horses" a close second in quality. I think it's the only one
not in print.
Chris
At 09:09 25/01/02 -0800, you wrote:
>You can't go wrong with HORSES. It's not only McCoy's
best book, it belongs
>on any noir/hardboiled top 20. The only problem is
that it makes the rest
>of McCoy's books (IMHO) look pallid in
comparison.
>
>Writers are always swinging for the fences. Once in a
while, they hit them.
>
>--Scott
>
>
>>
>>ok, what about horace mccoy? what would you
recommend by
>>him? there's quite a bit of his work in print. i
would tend to lean
>>towards _they shoot horses, don't they_, simply
because i've
>>heard of the movie, but that doesn't make it his
best book.
>>
>>thank you, miker
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