Bill Crider said: I remember a lengthy discussion at one time
of David Goodis, which led me to read eight or ten of his
books in a row and do a commentary on each one of them. I was
depressed for days afterward, as I recall.
********** From SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER, I gather that Goodis
has a three-prong approach to writing. First he makes you
really empathize with the characters. Second, he makes you
think that they might really get out of this mess OK. Third,
hope is crushed beneath the heel of fate, and the most
horrible depressing things happen to the characters you care
most about.
Great, ain't he? I've got my eye on THE BLONDE ON THE STREET
CORNER.
miker
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