"I read a couple of his horseracing books years ago and found
them short of plot. He's a poet, I decided poets can't write
mysteries, and I haven't read any fiction written by poets
since then."
Dear Joy, Poets can't write "mysteries"? In my opinion,
you're not only selling Dobyns short, but you're forgetting
the likes of Kenneth Fearing, James Sallis, James W. Hall,
Charles Willeford and, need I say, Raymond Chandler. Not to
mention Richard Hugo and Jack Spicer, both of whom wrote
one-off crime novels. And there are undoubtedly others.
Personally, I would reverse your rule: always read a
mystery/crime/detective novel written by a poet. Woody
Haut
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