miker quoted The Road including the following:
> He is coming to steal my eyes. To seal my mouth with
dirt."
Hot damn, I love that book too. Yes, it would be simple to
write a hacky parody of it, but that makes it no less moving.
I hated to put it down.
It has been a terrific few months for hardboiled in noir,
what with The Night Gardener, The Road, Echo Park and now the
latest from Woodrell. I try to keep up with everything from
Hard Case Crime, but I got a month off since I'd already read
Bell's The Straight Cut. Looking forward to getting my hands
on a copy of the Peter Hamill book. The lone copy of the
original version has long since disappeared from my local
library.
best to all, Chris
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