>I've always regarded the Bennett novels as my
favorite
>rural police procedurals, and every time I read one
I
>come away with the feeling that being the chief of
a
>one-cop department is the best possible job in
law
>enforcement. Highly recommeneded.
Hmmm... I dunno. The series has always struck me as being a
little too Boy's Adventure for my tastes. I mean, a faithful
canine sidekick? And the obligatory canoes and frequent
mention of the big woods? The series has always struck me as
pandering to American and other foreigner's preconceptions of
what Canada is. Well, at least he didn't make the guy a
Mountie.
Not that when Bennett ventures into the big city he fares
much better
-- in the last one I read, he heads to Montreal (or is it
Toronto?-- it's been a while...) and botches up just enough
small facts to annoy me (he got the name of a good Canadian
beer wrong!!!) But I had no idea he'd written ten of the
suckers. Were they even published in Canada?
On the other hand, I rather enjoyed the Ted Barnao books,
even though they were pretty "gee-whiz!" too.
>Just as Wood was a Korean vet, he made Bennett a Viet
Nam vet
>who, while American kids were going north to avoid
the draft, went
>south to join the Marines.
It's not actually that rare. There were about the same number
of Canadians who went south to join the U.S. armed forces and
fought in Vietnam as there were American draft dodgers who
headed north. I know a few of each.
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