I had the pleasure of meeting and listening to Mr. Connelly
at Murder By the Book in Houston a couple years ago. He will
long be on my list as one of the good people -- I was most
taken by his deep humility. He was the most humble and polite
NYT Bestseller I have ever shaken the hand of.
I read 2 or 3 Bosch novels in years past. The only
title that comes to mind is City of Bones, a novel I enjoyed
very much. I managed to get through The Poet on
audiobook.
In the last 30 days I have read The Closers Echo Park.
Stayed up late to finish both.
Are these two indicative of Michel Connelly's overall
work? As very dark as Harry Bosch and the settings get in The
Closers and Echo Park, I wonder if Mr. Connelly isn't more
accurately classified as a skilled thriller writer.... As I
understand those that classify such things, a thriller is
defined as a novel in which the protagonist is in jeopardy on
almost every page. When Harry isn't being shot at or pursued
by the civilians of Southern California, his eradication is
being pursued by many purveyors of police politics. His
style, in the these two novels at least, is certainly not as
clipped as the celebrated work of our friends Hammett and
Cain. Is Michael truly noir? Any thoughts?
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