----- Original Message ----- From: "Marianne Macdonald"
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marianne.macdonald@lineone.net>
> > ...can you suggest a contemporary woman writer
whom you personally
> > think is creating good, believable male
characters; and can you
> > recommend some specific books, or characters,
for me to think about?
In WALKING BONES Charlotte Carter does a hell of a job on her
male protagonist, Albert Press. His perverse relationship
with the main female character, Nettie, is utterly
convincing. This is one of my favourite books of the year. I
can't comment on the noir/hardboiled status of Carter's
Nanette Hayes mysteries, but WALKING BONES (which is a
standalone) is noir at its undiluted best. A brave piece of
writing (and yet another brave piece of publishing from
Serpents Tail).
Al
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