I just finished the 3rd in the series, How the Dead Live, and
will be reading the 4th, I was Dora Suarez soon. Derek
Raymond was a hell of a writer, very unique. How the Dead
Live was dirtubing by the nature of being partly a meditation
on death and loss, but the over-the-top dialogue was
(intentionally) pretty funny, and at times had me laughing
out loud.
The ending of Double Indemnity creeped me out more than
probably any other crime novel. I'd also put Savage Night and
Hell of a Woman, both by Jim Thompson, into the mix.
I appreciate the kind words on Fast Lane, although as far as
I know it's never given people nightmares, which I've been
told by several readers Bad Thoughts has done.
But still, there's not much in crime fiction as disturbing as
the average episode of South Park.
--Dave Z.
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
>
> The entire Factory series by Derek Raymond, but
particularly I Was
Dora
> Suarez.
>
> Word Made Flesh by Jack O'Connell.
>
> Mark
>
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