Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Recent Reads (Benioff, Cook, Coleman, Spiegelman)

From: Steve Novak (Cinefrog@comcast.net)
Date: 24 Jul 2008

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    Sounds very tempting...can you tells us a bit more about him?...his style...his topics...???

    Thanks

    On 7/24/08 5:06 AM, "jacquesdebierue" <jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com> wrote:

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    > --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com <mailto:rara-avis-l%40yahoogroups.com> ,
    > "cptpipes2000" <cptpipes@...> wrote:
    >> >
    >> > Thomas H. Cook's MASTER OF THE DELTA: In addition to being a wonderful
    >> > writer, Cook excels at setting an atmosphere of dread where the reader
    >> > knows to expect some morbid end yet is compelled to reach that end. My
    >> > favorite of his remains BREAKHEART HILL, but MASTER OF THE DELTA is a
    >> > fine addition.
    >> >
    >
    > Great writer. I have recommended him to people who don't read
    > mysteries or crime fiction, and nobody has complained yet. Now, he is
    > neither hardboiled nor noir, which is perhaps why we have not
    > discussed him much here. I don't quite know how to define him,
    > genrewise. Psychological suspense?
    >
    > Best,
    >
    > smt
    >

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