Pasquale:
I second Brian's recommendations, even though I've not read those two books (getting to them shortly) -- but everybody I know who loves Don's work sings their praises. For my money, I'd start with POWER OF THE DOG, which was his game changer. People just couldn't ignore him any longer after that one. It raised the bar.
David
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Brian Thornton <bthorntonwriter@...> wrote:
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> Pasquale-
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> I can't vouch for SAVAGES (only just ordered it myself based on David's
> recommendation), but loved THE DEATH AND LIFE OF BOBBY Z and CALIFORNIA FIRE
> AND LIFE.
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> Brian
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> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Pasquale Russo <prusso@...>wrote:
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> > Thanks from a lurker for your reading suggestions.
> > Never heard of Don Winslow before and in a couple of days I learned that
> > not only he will be soon visiting my town, here in France, for a literature
> > festival, but that he also is a favourite of several members of the list.
> > Shall I start fom Savages or there's some other novel I should read before?
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> > Thanks
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> > Pasquale
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