--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Ed Lynskey
<e_lynskey@...> wrote:
>
> I finished reading Megan Abbott's THE SONG IS YOU.
Fred Zackel
> in an earlier post cited the "voice". Yes,
definitely. THE SONG
> IS YOU features Gil "Hop" Hopkins. Hop is a PR man
operating in
> Hollywood's back lots. The storyline takes the
vanishing of
> 1950s starlet Jean Spangler as its starting point
and spins a
> seedy but intriguing tale, in large part driven by
Hop's guilty
> conscience.
>
> THE SONG IS YOU, 100% classic noir, has nuance,
atmosphere, and
> style. The raunchy, violent underbelly of the 1950s
Hollywood
> still attracts writers and readers. This is
something Ed Lacy
> or Woolrich might've written, and why it's great fun
to read the
> old pulp noirs. The Black Dahlia gets mentioned
several times.
> Mob figures also weave through the story.
>
> I'd don't think I would've gotten much work done in
Hollywood.
> I'd be looking over my shoulder all the
time.
>
> Ed
Ed-
See my extensive bit posted to the list on April 7th of this
month and you'll see that we're in near complete
agreement.
No less a worthy than our own Al Guthrie has commented that
he has read her third one, QUEENPIN, and it's even better
than these first two. I think he even mentioned that Megan
Abbott was going to be "huge."
With an entry such as THE SONG IS YOU into the canon, she's
well on her way.
All the Best-
Brian
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