Jim Thompson's The Criminal is worth a look, although it is somewhat sequential.
James
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From: Ron Clinton
To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:46
Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: JDM's "All These Condemned" and literary devices
Sorry, I didn't catch your "use of multiple narrators to convey the same
series of events from multiple perspectives" notation. Pronzini's book has
multiple narrators, but they're used primarily to advance the plot/events,
not relate the same events.
Ron C.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Ron Clinton
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:10 AM
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: JDM's "All These Condemned" and literary devices
>
> WASTELAND OF STRANGERS by Bill Pronzini.
>
> Ron C.
>
>
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> > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com]
On
> > Behalf Of Harry Joseph Lerner
> > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:52 AM
> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RARA-AVIS: JDM's "All These Condemned" and literary devices
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > The other day it occurred to me that it might be interesting to write an
> article about
> > JDM's use of multiple narrators to convey the same series of events from
> multiple
> > perspectives in "All These Condemned" in terms of its effectiveness as a
> literary
> > device. Is it indeed effective or simply confusing? Actually, this is
> something that
> > has been simmering at the back of my mind for a while, but I recently
> picked up a
> > copy of JDM's "The Beach Girls", which, unlike most of his books, has a
> table of
> > contents with all but the last three chapters labelled with the names of
> characters. I
> > haven't read this book yet, but my first impression (and I could be way
> off here) is
> > that it may make for an interesting comparison with "All These
Condemned."
> >
> > What I would like to ask of all of you is for any recommendations of
other
> examples
> > of multiple narrators/perspectives a la "All These Condemned", that
would
> be useful
> > reading for my proposed article.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Best,
> > Harry
> >
> >
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