> I'm pretty sure it was Donald Westlake, and I'm also
pretty sure his
comment
> on White's prose style was slightly more damning. I
can't remember the
> source, but Westlake went on to cite the kidnappers
who used "The
Snatchers"
> as a template as evidence of White's plotting
power.
>
> Al
Now that I think about it, I believe you're right, Al. Didn't
Westlake also write a book about real criminals using a
fictional crime as the basis for a caper? And to make the
joke more convoluted, the fictional crime was from a Richard
Stark book?
I think one of Ed Gorman's articles about Gold Medal mentions
that a Lionel White book was the first Gold Medal he ever
bought. And the old man running the candy store where Ed
bought it said something like "Pretty racy stuff for a kid,
ain't it?"
Not to disagree with Westlake about White's style, but I
enjoy a book that gets on with what it's doing.
Best, James
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