----- Original Message ----- From: "Robison Michael R CNIN"
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Robison_M@crane.navy.mil> To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:29
PM Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: RE:God is a Bullet: Another
Opinion
> Mario Taboada wrote:
>
> What I recall about GiaB is that, while overdone,
it
> nevertheless held my attention. It has strong
characters,
> good bones.
>
> ********
> I thought that the outrageous use of simile and
metaphor,
> coupled with his twisting of the language (turning
nouns
> and adjectives into verbs, for example), to be done
on
> purpose to lighten it up a bit and add some literary
humor
> to the dark content. I thought his choice of names
for the
> protagonists, Bob Hightower and Case Hardin, was
wickedly
> funny.
>
I haven't read the book, but "Bob Hightower" is also the name
of John Wayne's character in John Ford's THREE GODFATHERS.
There, he's a likable outlaw.
Jim Beaver
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