Re: RARA-AVIS: question about plot idea

From: Brian Thornton (bthorntonwriter@gmail.com)
Date: 08 Apr 2009

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    Dave: the character in question is not a cop, but this is a major plot point for Cornell Woolrich's BLACK ANGEL.

    All the Best-

    Brian

    On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:

    > No specific examples are leaping to mind right now, Dave, but I agree
    > with
    > you that it's an infinitely familiar plot device -- cliché, one might even
    > say, and the antithesis of "unique."
    >
    > 'Course, there are a myriad examples of books with familiar storylines
    > being
    > published, so that's not necessarily an ingredient that'll keep a book from
    > finding a publisher somewhere.
    >
    > Ron C.
    >
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: davezeltserman
    > > Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:56 AM

    > > I heard a thriller writing talking the other night about how his latest
    > book has the
    > > "unique" plot device of having the detective investigating the crime and
    > realizing
    > > that he might be the guilty party. This immediately brought Hjortsberg's
    > Fallen
    > > Angel to mind, as well as one of my own books, and vaguely reminded me of
    > a
    > > Cornell Woolrich book. I'm guessing this is actually a pretty common plot
    > device,
    > > with the detective suffering blackouts, amnesia, etc., and am wondering
    > whatever
    > > books people here have read that use this.
    > >
    > > --Dave



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