SPOILERISH, maybe:
This is not on point, but I personally am quite puzzled to
see so much love shown for this book, which I truly think is
the weakest of the non-reprint Hard Cases: painfully obvious
and belabored, unsuspenseful, and not especially insightful.
In my opinion, of course. (Did Stansberry really do anything
for the sociopath that Patricia Highsmith didn't do better,
earlier?)
Personally I much preferred Max Phillips's FADE TO BLONDE,
which tackles an equally old chestnut (did you hear the one
about the broody drifter who meets the blonde with the
mysterious past?) but manages to present it anew with a just
a slightly different pov. I'm currently reading Guthrie's
KISS HER GOODBYE, which I also like quite a bit.
This has nothing to do with the brouhaha, which I agree is
ridiculous and unseemly.
doug
--- Bludis Jack <
buildsnburns@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It's difficult to give the gist of the
argument
> without a spoiler but lets just say the
objection
> is that it is about an apparent series of
murders
> of female. One perosn particulartly objected
to
> the cover, which was mild compared to the old
40s
> and 50s covers.
>
> The reason it should be banned? Again it would
be
> a spoiler, but I do observe that the person
who
> called for its banning seems to have read
the
> book.
>
> Jack Bludis
>
> http://www.jackbludis.com
-- updated
> "Shadow of the Dahlia" now at BN.com
> "Shadow" has been nominated for a Shamus
Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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