Mario wrote:
"The Sallis books looked like classics right from the
beginning... they have staying power. His characters (not
just his protagonists) are intrinsically interesting. And his
rhetoric, half Faulkner, half disenchanted professor, is
perfect for the kind of story he writes."
And depth, don't forget depth. I'm getting a lot more out of
this book the second time, lingering a bit more on character
now that I'm in no rush to find out what happens. I knew that
as the series went along, solutions became less of an
emphasis, the search for them was what was important, or
avoidance of them, but hadn't remembered it was there from
the start. Also kind of reading it a little bit differently
knowing how the series closes (hey, this is a series with an
ending I didn't note in that thread). I still wonder when
Sallis decided to end it that way, whether he had it in mind
from the start or realized it later.
Mark
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