erick mentions four books: 8:The Big Clock 8:You Play the
Black and the Red Comes Up 8:The Talented Mr Ripley 8:The
Chill
...would my fellow avians care to opine on which I should
first pursue? Thanks for your help.
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i just finished fearing's _the big clock_. it was intelligent
and well-written and entertaining, but there was also
something unmoving and cold about it which i found
disagreeable. this could be attributed to the personality of
the major first-person, or i could ignore barthe's "death of
the author" and point to fearing's life, but either way, i
thought the book suffered from an almost clinically detached
attitude.
this book was included in _crime novels, american noir of the
30's and 40's_. i've been working my way thru from the
beginning, so i've already read cain's _the postman always
rings twice_, mccoy's _they shoot horses, don't they?_, and
anderson's _thieves like us_.
fearing's novel doesn't seem to fit in with the other ones.
the first three are fairly well soaked in jim doherty's "dark
and sinister" atmosphere, but fearing's novel seems more an
exercise in intellectual cynicism.
so this post is not exactly an answer to your request for
recommendations, erick, but at least you reap the dubious
benefit of my questionable commentary. ;-)
miker
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