Yeah, I agree with the praise for FADE TO BLONDE. I think
it's easily the best of the "new" Hard Cases, though I
haven't read the King.
doug
--- Jeff Vorzimmer <
jvorzimmer@austin.rr.com> wrote:
> > There was some discussion of the Hard Case
Stephen
> King when it came out.
> > It's neither hardboiled, nor noir,
nor
> interesting. I've enjoyed all the
> > others I've read in that line except for
Max
> Phillips's FADE TO BLONDE,
> > which I picked up a few days ago and put
down
> midway.
>
> I loved Fade to Blonde, maybe because it was so
true
> to the style of the
> Gold Medals of the 50s. I was blown away by the
idea
> that a contemporary
> writer could write so well in a style now 50
years
> old and with no
> anachronisms-that I could find. That's tough to
do.
> I did mention, just
> after having read it, the weird movie
references,
> which Charles explained,
> much to my amusement. I keep running across "A
Sound
> of Distant Drums"
> references.
>
> Jeff
>
>
Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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