hi everybody!
well, i just finished thompson's _getaway_. loved it all the
way up to the end. but i couldn't find the idea of the el ray
place to be anything but ab- surd and ridiculous and a rotten
ending to a good story. the ending was a mockery of
everything so vividly and well portrayed earlier in the
book.
i liked the way he characterized doc, and all the
pleasantries on the outside and the churning within.
especially the situation with beynon and carol. and i liked
the way he wrote about carol's feelings of insecurity and
fear. rudy was good too.
some questions: what was that deal with the air pump attached
to the 22 rifle that he used to kill the guard? was that some
kind of homemade silencer? i got no idea how it was used. and
was the death of rudy's assistant in the bank robbery a
planned thing? if yes, why?
miker
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