Mr. Harrington,
In your novel, "Dia...", I was stuck by a few changes of
rhythm that happened by changing the type of writing, in the
development of the story. On a few parts, your writing became
(at least from my point of view) synthetic, close to a film
synopsis type of presentation that describes the editing of
certain scenes. One of these was during the catastrophe
happening to the young Chinese women trying to cross the
border. There was another during a fight of your central
character, Calhoun, IIRC. There were others, but I could not
check as I do not have the copy of your novel with me for the
moment. Was it because you were really thinking about a
possible future film script, or was it for another reason
?
I do not try to question or make suggestions for your
writing: in a novel, the author is the boss. However, I was
very surprised by these fractures in the style of writing
when I read the novel. I liked very much Dia, but had some
personal reservations about these fractures.
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
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