RARA-AVIS: Re: "Star-Stalker" by Robert Bloch

From: hardcasecrime ( editor@hardcasecrime.com)
Date: 14 Mar 2008


E. Borgers wrote:

> Does some Avians have an opinion
> about « Star-Stalker » by Robert
> Bloch, one of his early novels that
> was published only in 1968.
> It's not a typical Bloch suspense;
> it deals with the Hollywood of the
> end of the silent era.
> It's not even a crime novel per
> se, if I trust the preface.

It's a very good novel, possibly Bloch's best in terms of writing quality and character development, but no, it's not a crime novel
(except in the very tenuous sense that there are some things done by some characters that aren't legal...but crime isn't the theme or focus of the book).

--Charles

--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "E. Borgers" <webeurop@...> wrote:
>
> Does some Avians have an opinion about « Star-Stalker » by Robert
Bloch, one of his early novels that was published only in 1968.
> It's not a typical Bloch suspense; it deals with the Hollywood of
the end of the silent era.
> It's not even a crime novel per se, if I trust the preface.
> Thanks for any comment.
>
> E.Borgers
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