----- 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.
SPOILER INFO BELOW
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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