I'm about half way through WOLF TIME and I have found it
quite different from all of his DKA books, especially the
more recent three. In WOLF TIME Hollis Fletcher, the main
protagonist, is not completely unlikeable, but neither is he
the easiest character to care about. The other characters
vary in their respective degrees of cynicical
self-motivation, but there is not a single one that is
readily likeable.
Although I haven't read Gores's other stand alone books, I
suspect that they may be more or less in the same vain (e.g.
A TIME FOR PREDATORS, COME MORNING, etc.)
Best, Harry
Quoting Raymond Tait <
raymond.tait@cai.cam.ac.uk>:
> I have just finished reading this book which took me
by surprise. I had
> only previously read the three earliest DKA novels
and was expecting a
> similarly enjoyable read. With Interface the tone
and style is very
> different. It is one of the darkest and most brutal
books I have read in a
> while and the Docker character cuts a grim swathe
through the novel. It is
> populated by a collection of characters who are
either fairly unsavoury or
> hopeless of at best hard and cynical. Nobody is
particularly likeable.
> Lots of foul language as well. Then of course there
is the twist which
> cannot be discussed. Very clever. Anyway the book is
recommended if you
> are feeling strong.
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> Reading this book and reflecting on how different it
was from my memory of
> his style made me think of those other authors whose
style varies
> considerably - Block and Westlake for example. Are
the other Gores books in
> the same vein as either DKA or Interface or does he
do different styles as
> well?
>
>
>
> My other question is, how should his name by
pronounced?
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> Raymond
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