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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> Mario wrote:
>
> "I was glad to see Sandra Scoppettone included in
this volume. I've
been
> a fan of hers for years. She has a direct voice and
a seeminly innate
> hardboiledness -- I am not talking about craft here,
but about a
core."
>
> I've only ever read her Jack Early books (which were
quite good).
Which
> under her own name do you recommend?
>
> Mark
My favorite is SOME UNKNOWN PERSON (Putnam 1977), her first
adult novel. It is a very ambitious novel based in part on
the true story of Starr Faithful, which also served as the
inspiration for John O'Hara's second novel BUTTERFIELD 8.
From what Sandra has said, it also has a fair amount of
inspiration from her own family. I am a great admirer of her
other novels but think this early one had a rare depth of
character and reader involvement.
Richard Moore
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