--- Bleeker Books <
bleekerbooks@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I thought it was not bad, pretty good really,
but
> not as good as I'd been
> hoping. I'd only read THE WRONG CASE and THE
LAST
> GOOD KISS by Crumley
> before, and there are grotesque characters in
those,
> but they seemed
> natural, not forced. In this book I thought he
was
> reaching a little. And
> I didn't think it had the emotional depth
his
> earlier works had. Still,
> better and more original than most of what
gets
> published these days.
>
> Graham
Thanks for the insight. And I totally agree with your remark
about Crumley's originality! I think you should try also THE
MEXICAN TREE DUCK by Crumley, a little bit offbeat but an
excellent novel.
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