On 31 December 2004,
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38004-2004Dec30.html
That's a nice appreciation of Willeford and COCKFIGHTER. I
like this quote:
| "The Burnt Orange Heresy" is a tour de force in which he
employs his
| deep knowledge of art to tell the story of an ambitious
young critic
| whose single-minded careerism leads him to fraud, theft and
murder; the
| understanding of human psychology revealed herein is
remarkable, worthy
| of many other writers whose literary reputations are far
greater.
Most people I talk books with know I like crime novels, and
many assume a) that's all I like, and b) "crime novels" means
gunfights, chase scenes, and explosions. I can explain that I
like *good* books most of all, and gripping ones, no matter
exactly what's gripping about them, but it never helps much.
What I'll do is buy ever used copy of THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY
I see and give them out, saying, "This is the kind of crime
novel I like. It'll be one of the best novels about art
you'll ever read, and it starts with a guy reading an
encyclopedia."
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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