Re: RARA-AVIS: Present Tense Narration

From: Brian Thornton ( tieresias@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 03 Oct 2003


----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Coggins" < coggins@immortalgame.com> To: < rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 3:25 PM Subject: RARA-AVIS: Present Tense Narration

> I thought Carl Hiaasen did a great job with first person present tense in
> his last one, Basket Case.

I have to agree there. Usually first person present tense gets in its own way, but Hiassen proved himself once again to be a stylist of the first order.

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Besides, how could you NOT want to read about a guy who defends himself against a home invader with a handy-dandy frozen Iguana (not a steak or a leg, the whole frozen carcass!) plucked from the freezer as they struggled.;)

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