any 'thriller comedies'?
--- On Sun, 2/15/09, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net>
> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Re:Jack Ritchie's short fiction
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 6:53 PM
> I find it interesting that two of Ritchie's collections
> were subtitled
> "Detective Comedies" and "Suspense
> Comedies"...and below David makes special
> note of his "funny" stories...but I never really
> viewed Ritchie's work in
> that context. Yes, they demonstrate a great deal of
> clever, macabre wit --
> just as Henry Slesar's and Stanley Ellin's short
> stories do (to select a
> couple other writers from the same era and with the same
> relative tone), but
> I'd never label any of them as comedic writers, per se.
>
> Apparently, though, I'm in the minority. Maybe my
> sense of humor needs an
> adjustment.
>
> Ron C.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of David Wright
> > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 3:38 PM
> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Re:Jack Ritchie's short
> fiction
> >
> > I'm a big fan of Ritchie, who is a masterful
> plotter and elegant writer
> with great
> > timing and a very deft, understated wit. ...
> Although they're funny, he
> definitely had his darker side, It
>
>
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