RE: RARA-AVIS: Dave Zeltserman's KILLER...

From: sonny (sforstater@yahoo.com)
Date: 10 Jun 2010

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    cool. you have excellent taste

    i'm certainly diggin' EXP DATE so far.

    --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:

    From: Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Dave Zeltserman's KILLER... To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010, 5:34 PM

    I have EXPIRATION DATE, along with Victor Gischler's THE DEPUTY, on their way to me as we speak from a bookstore where Duane and Victor had a side-by-side signing.  Very much looking forward to them both.

    Ron C.

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    > Behalf Of sonny
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    > it's next up for me. i'm reading duane swierczy's 'expiration date' now.
    >
    > --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
    >
    > From: Ron Clinton <clinton65@comcast.net>
    > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Dave Zeltserman's KILLER...
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Date: Thursday, June 10, 2010, 4:34 PM
    >
    > I finished KILLER last night, and found it to be another fantastic book by
    > Dave.  It even added -- to a slight degree -- elements from another niche
    > genre that I love, hitman novels.  Obviously, that wasn't the focus, per
    se,
    > but that contextual element added to the other main components of the book
    > (the noirish, faltering quest for redemption, lone man struggling against
    > odd and the weight of society, etc.) made for a terrific package.
    >
    > I think I'd still say PARIAH is my favorite of the man-out-of-prison
    > trilogy, however.  It was a close call, to say the least, and there are
    > elements of KILLER that I think do transcend PARIAH, but overall I think
    > PARIAH still stands as my favorite.  But, in the end, PARIAH and KILLER
    are
    > both terrific works...that I preferred one fractionally more than the
    other
    > is like saying I like Rocky Road fudge more than walnut fudge...the degree
    > of preference is so small it's really not worth mentioning. ;-)
    >
    > I enthusiastically recommend this book -- especially to folks on this
    list.
    > Books this good and finely-tuned to our particular preferences are tough
    to
    > find...like a killer's stiletto blade to the heart (a lil' in-reference
    for
    > those who have read the book), this one hits the target dead-on.
    >
    > Ron C.
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