I no longer own the book to check, but I'm pretty sure in one
of Block's books on writing (WRITING THE NOVEL, I think) he
mentions that DEADLY HONEYMOON was Westlake's idea and when
Westlake didn't run with it, Block asked if he could use the
core idea instead and Westlake was only too happy for him to
do so.
Al
----- Original Message -----
From: jacquesdebierue
To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 9:52 PM
Subject: RARA-AVIS: Tales of revenge [was Re: Two
buck books]
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Purcell"
<curtpurcell@...>
wrote:
> I don't know about "greatest," but I kind of liked
Block's DEADLY
> HONEYMOON, though I know I've seen it criticized
here in previous posts.
>
I may have been one of those who criticized it...
The book did not
make a good impression. Now, with the Block
months coming so soon, I
have the perfect opportunity to reread it and
confirm, rectify or say
something totally different (like something about
the personification
of absence or the transmogrification of
anger).
Best,
mrt
.
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