Some of you seem to be mesmerized by Manchette, and that¹s
great since he was and still is - very important...Now,
because of the suggestions of Rara-Avians and recent
readings, I¹m really both lifted and flattened by Ken
Bruen....At every turn, at every page there are discoveries,
elipses, retractions, advances, flashes of humour, dark
thoughts, and all in such a volatile and yet economical,
almost mumbled language...and it¹s all sustained by the
relentless references to a pantheon of writers, of quotes
embedded in the story, weaved into the preceeding and
following paragraphs...high art, totally jubilatory...it
makes you cringe with pleasure literally (as good crime
novels should)...I had not experienced this for many months
since the flash of lightning that French writer
ɭmanuelle Urien darted with her Court, Noir, Sans Sucre in
2005, ...for those of you reading French. I am more than ever
curious about opinions among Rara-Avians about Ken B... I am
reading Calibre and the first 23 pages are so dense, so
layered and so easy and simple to read...I don¹t know if it¹s
post, pre, or in-between, but it is like a finger pointed
straight at you...
Ideas, reactions....???
Le Montois de D鴲oit
PS for those of you who would want to know: Emmanuelle Urien
is at: http://www.emmanuelle-urien.org/index.htm
and Court, Noir, Sans Sucre was published by Editions L¹ʴre
Minuscule Noisy-le-Grand, in 05
On 5/18/07 10:28 PM, "
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net" <
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net> wrote:
> William wrote:
>
> "Lately a lot of people describe Ken Bruen's work as
neo-noir or noir.
> Do you read Bruen and agree with that? I've four or
five of his books
> but noir? I don't think so."
>
> I'd say it depends upon the book. The standalone
novels -- Rilke on
> Black, Hackman Blues, Her Last Call to Louis
Macniece, London Boulevard,
> Dispatching Baudelaire, and Bust, his collaboration
with Jason Starr
> (although that won't be a standalone soon) -- are
definitely noir. I'd
> label the Brant books hardboiled, but not noir. The
Jack Taylor books?
> I'd say they're both. Just ordered the most recent
of those, Cross,
> from the UK.
>
> Mark
>
>
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