Well said Dave [below], couldn't agree more, I chatted to Charles Ardai at
The Shamaus awards last year, and we both agreed that Russell Hill's novel was
excellent, though I did point out that he needed a British proof-reader, as
the he got the price of Fish and Chips completely wrong as well as a couple of
other quirky British-ishs, which did not detract from his ROBBIE'S WIFE
which I wrote about last year -
_http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2008/03/lust-trust-and-afternoon-gone-right.h
tml_
(http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2008/03/lust-trust-and-afternoon-gone-right.html)
And as for Robin Cook / Derek Raymond - well his work is noir / charcoal and
not for the faint of heart -
_http://existentialistman.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-was-dora-suarez.html_
(http://existentialistman.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-was-dora-suarez.html)
Now I'm gonna have to read Pariah and Small Crimes soon, I just live in
perpetual guilt with my book piles, so many damned fine books await my reading
glasses!
Ali
In a message dated 03/03/2009 16:16:11 GMT Standard Time, davezelt@rcn.com
writes:
For modern noir, going back no more than 10 years, I'd say Robbie's
Wife by Russell Hill. Going back a little further, How the Dead Live
by Derek Raymond, although I could make a case for any of the first
four of his factory series books.
--Dave
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