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DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net <
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net> wrote:
I had never realized I have a touch of claustrophobia until I
read this book, the scene where Carol hides in the little
underwater cave and gets caught when she tries to sit up. I
read the book over a decade ago, close to two, and that scene
still pops into my mind and gives me shivers.
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I don't know how I missed this book up to now. I'm a great
Thompson fan, my previous favorites being AFTER DARK, MY
SWEET, POP. 1280, and RECOIL. THE KILLER INSIDE ME, and THE
GRIFTERS go almost without saying. It's interesting how he
switches his three main types of personalities into dominant
and submissive roles to make new story situations. The
similarity between Doc McCoy, Uncle Bud, and Doc Luther in
THE GETAWAY, AFTER DARK, MY SWEET, & RECOIL in that
order, is obvious, but McCoy is a criminal mastermind, Uncle
Bud is a self-deluded idiot, and Luther uses his affability
to mask his sexual insecurity. Yet all three men have the
gift of charisma. The way it effects their lives is the major
difference in the three stories.
What a fabulous writer.
Patrick King
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