Bill H wrote:
"IN A LONELY PLACE (also a Nicholas Ray film with Humphrey
Bogart and Gloria Grahame) is possibly her best, about a
writer who may or may not be a serial killer in LA."
May or may not? That doubt may apply to the movie, but not
the book. The answer to that question is quite clear from
very near the beginning of the book -- it opens with Dix
stalking a woman.
By the way, that's the only Hughes I've read and I was going
to recommend it. It's also a good example of a woman writing
convincing men, as is Leigh Brackett. However, convincing
'40s men are not the same as convincing contemporary men, as
books now include far more development of character, gender,
personality traits and interests that do not bear directly on
the plot. However, this is not meant to imply that Hughes's
men lack depth.
Mark
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