On 4 April 2006, Frederick Zackel wrote:
> "Why are Japanese women writing noir fiction, the
preserve of mainly male
> writers?
The article mentions Asa Nonami, Natsuo Kirino, and Miyuki
Miyabi--anyone know their books?
> "The most original neo-noir voices, however, are
British. A rising star is
> Newcastle-based Martyn Waites, whose gritty,
hard-hitting thrillers have
> been praised by Ian Rankin. The Mercy Seat, his
sixth novel and the first to
> be published in the United States, heads Pegasus
Books' debut list this
> spring.
T. Kent Morgan mentioned Waites in the fall of 2004:
http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/archives/200409/0210.html
I think I made a note at the time to look for Waites (and the
Red Riding Quartet by David Peace) but then didn't track one
down. What's the best one of his to start with?
Bill
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : www.miskatonic.org : www.frbr.org
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