Must delurk...
I am sorry Patrick but do you even read the posts
which you critique?
Regarding Ellroy, Kevin wrote that "...it's a
shame, because the guy is still an original, with a brave and
unique voice. That's what drew us all to him in the first
place."
And anyway, tastes are tastes. Ellroy was one of
the authors that pulled me into crime fiction, but the Cold
Six Thousand...
In another posting you wrote "Ellroy does not
bring a great sense of humor to his work." You should read
his story "Gravy Train" about an ex-con hired as caretaker
for a bull terrier that has inherited his dead gangster
owner's fortune. It's funny as hell.
Michael
Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> wrote:
---
kevinburtonsmith <
kvnsmith@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> But I will be interested in seeing the response
from
> other list members to Patrick's latest
> set of guidelines as to who can and cannot offer
an
> opinion on this list. Evidently only
> "accomplished," non-middle-class people who
don't
> avoid crime and violence need
> bother having an opinion.
>
> I notice he didn't mention reading the book as
a
> requirement.
******************************************************* As
you know perfectly well, Kevin, vitriolic attacks on eminent
authors with no bearing on any of their actual writing does
not constitute an "opinion." It is in fact the contents of
the books I'd be more interested to hear you critique. By all
means, tell us all the short comings of AMERICAN TABLOID,
WHITE JAZZ, THE BIG NOWHERE, THE COLD SIX THOUSAND, etc. I'll
be fascinated to hear how you'd improve them.
Patrick King
__________________________________________________________ Be
a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo!
Mobile. Try it now.
http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
--------------------------------- Be a better friend,
newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it
now.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 08 May 2008 EDT