> Yeah, I liked it too. Struck me as a combination of
Manhattan Manners
> (Sex in the City) and New York Gothic (Bonfire of
the Vanities)
> deftly told with Jason's patented noir twist. We're
going to have to
> start calling it Starr Noir soon, he keeps this
up.
Very well put. The Tom Wolfe analogy is apt and I've
mentioned here previously. It certainly was true of his last
two books--Twisted City and Lights Out. Twisted City seemed
like Jason imitating Wolfe and eventually getting so good at
it that Lights Out seemed like Jason Starr imitating Tom
Wolfe imitating Jason Starr. Like he was alternating teaming
up with Wolfe as well as Bruen.
Aside from the obvious similarities to Bonfire of the
Vanities, there is another striking parallel to Wolfe in
that, as Jason becomes more successful, he writes characters
that are further and further up the social strata with each
novel. It was like Wolfe writing from the perspective of
Leonard Berstein's high-rise apartment. I miss the grittiness
of Jason's early novels--the bars . . . the racetrack.
Jason, feel free to jump in here and defend yourself.
Jeff
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