Thanks John, Karin, Jeff for the comments on Cold Caller!
It's very interesting for me to read the thoughts re the
characters in Cold Caller and Hard Feelings...Actually, in my
head, I kind of think of those two books and my latest,
Twisted City, as kind of white collar trilogy, because
they're certainly connected in that way. But I think my
others, especially Fake I.D. and Tough Luck are very
different...And Ann Beattie--that's a first!
Oh, and for poster who picked up Allan Guthrie's Kiss Her
Goodbye you're in for a treat...I'm reading it now and it's
absolutely terrific...pure noir... J http://www.jasonstarr.com
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Vorzimmer"
<jvorzimmer@a...> wrote:
> Karin,
>
> I think all six of his novels are great and
recommend them all.
It's funny
> you should mention Ann Beattie in the same post.
Although not noir
I really
> enjoyed Chilly Scenes of Winter and I think it
influenced a lot of
writers.
> For other quirky crime novels try Motherless
Brooklyn if you've not
yet read
> it.
>
> Jeff
>
> > The first couple of chapters seemed very
familiar. I was
wondering if I
> had read the book before. But no, it was just that
the characters
were
> similar to those in Hard Feelings or Nothing
Personal. I was
reminded of
> Anne Beattie or Alice Munro with their huge casts of
semi-
interchangeable
> characters. (Sorry, Jason.) But they aren't really
interchangeable.
They
> just share a background and habits and aspirations:
this is "white-
collar
> noir," as it says on the cover.
> >
> > Jason Starr makes criminals of the most
ordinary middle-class
> professionals. And the plots have very dark twists
and turns, with
very good
> endings.
> >
> > Now I've read four of his books and still have
a few to go. Highly
> recommendable.
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