Lehane excellent but yet vastly standard in style, plot line,
character development, subject choices, ideology...etc...etc,
and that hardly makes him one of �the new standards of the
noir writing�...This is positively not a criticism of him, on
the contrary, but an innovator, a pionneer, a mover and
shaker of the new noir entity...he is not and certainly
doesn�t pretend to be in any of his interviews,
comments...etc...no �new noir world view� from him to come
soon...
I certainly think that Andr�s question was much larger than
just an analysis of the plots of any authors for that
matter...the answer from Kerry
(earlier today) set us up on the way and we should welcome
any other suggestions...along those parameters... Steve
On 2/27/07 5:18 PM, "Patrick King" <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
> My vote goes to Dennis Lehane. While I enjoy Elroy
and
> Peace, their plots are so scattered I can never
tell
> whether the endings make sense or not. With
the
> exception of Shutter Island, which is brilliant
even
> though you don't know what's going on until the
end,
> Lehane's novels make use of logical plot evolution
and
> powerfully flawed characters. Of the one's I've
read,
> he's about the best.
>
> Patrick King
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