Apologies for the Subject Tag to my original posting which
would've been more accurate to say "My First Joe Gores
Novel." It certainly wasn't the author's first novel.
Over the weekend I had the time to read Mr. Gores'
"Come Morning" and enjoyed the layered plot twists as well as
his spare prose style. Crisp descriptions of rock climbing
were included as well though I know nothing about the
topic.
Again, the protagonist (a con just released from San Quentin)
has to prep himself physically and mentally for his
"quest."
PREDATORS is at top of my TBR. Appreciate the
recommendation.
Ed Lynskey
--- JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ed,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> > Just finished my first Joe Gore novel, Dead
Man
> > (1993), an PI book with an interesting
twist.
>
> Interesting that you entitled this thread "First
Joe
> Gore(s) novel," and then mentioned the first one
you
> actually read.
>
> Having enjoyed DEAD MAN (which I agree is a hell of
a
> read), you might also enjoy the first novel
Gores
> wrote (or at least had published), A TIME
OF
> PREDATORS, for which he won the Edgar in the
First
> Novel category. DEAD MAN recycles many of the
plot
> devices and themes from PREDATORS. Both deal
with
> protagonists who, wanting to avenge the death of
a
> loved one (an estranged wife in PREDATORS, a wife
and
> child in DEAD MAN), make themselves over into
fighting
> machines. In DEAD MAN, of course, the hero is,
at
> least nominally, a professional, but in PREDATORS
the
> hero is a Stanford University professor (though
with
> military combat experience) who has to
rebuild
> himself practically from scratch.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
=====
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