Never finished: Bandits, Elmore Leonard
If I take a book on vacation and don’t finish it during the trip, I’m never gonna finish it. Don’t know why. Sorry, Elmore.
Read: Lush Life, Richard Price
I hadn’t read Price in decades. This was great. No heroes, no villains, apt title.
Bought: the first six Richard Stark reissues from University of Chicago Press
--but only five shipped. Where’s The Jugger? Don’t make me ask again.
Reading: Casino Moon, Peter Blauner
You know how I always complain about writers changing-up between first- and third-person in the course of a book, and how much I hate it? Blauner does that here, but -- this is crucial -- he’s good enough to get away with it. Better than good enough. Recommended.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
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2 comments:
I couldn't finish the last Leonard book I read either. Up in Honey's Room. Megan just read LUSH LIFE and loved it too. Have to read it.
I've read all the Stark novels but these reissues may be a good time to give 'em a second look.
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