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18:32:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Ed Lynskey <
e_lynskey@yahoo.com> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: RARA-AVIS: 361
> A HHC reprint of a 1962 issue from Random House, 361
is a noir
> with a hardboiled tone. Ray Kelly musters out of the
Air Force
> and meets his dad in New York City.
>
> On the way home to Birmingham, a drive-by shooting
leaves his
> dad shot dead and Ray in the hospital, both ankles
crushed and
> one eye missing. What ensues is a sinuous route of
blood
> payback, family revelations, self-doubt, and mob
violence.
> I like Westlake's ease with dialogue. All in all, a
satisfying
> read.
>
> Ed
>
And an interesting tie in with his The Mercenaries. Ed
Ganolese figures in both.
Jordan
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