I'm currently halfway through Gores' _32 CADILLACS_ and love
it. I decided after hearing him talk about Hammett and
Chandler at Bouchercon last October that I wanted to read his
stuff and see how much of either of their spirits he was
channeling. To tell the truth his stuff reads more
Hammett-like (if for no other reason than that I don't recall
Chandler ever mastering third person narrative to the extent
that Gores has), although as I get more deeply into it, I
have begun to think he sounds most like Joe Gores, and that's
a good thing. Now I've got another author to add to the TBR
pile!;)
All the Best-
Brian Thornton
-------------- Original message from Doug Bassett
: --------------
> Well, I've never hid my general dislike of
Gores's
> work, so take my comment with a grain of salt, if
you
> like. Indeed, if I, who don't really like Gores,
liked
> it, it probably IS great.
>
> INTERFACE read to me like a self-concious retelling
of
> THE MALTESE FALCON: the FALCON told in
modern
> parlance, in other words, complete with a
morally
> ambiguous PI and a suitcase full of drugs
substituting
> for the bird. It pretty much manages to
accomplish
> what it sets out to do, but shows it's
spiritual
> roots, so to speak.
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