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Mar022009

Bordersnakes!

DateMonday, March 2, 2009 at 03:56PM

A while back I mentioned my shower room Lansdale discussion - that sounds weird to write that out... yeah, so I am talking books with this half-naked guy....

Anyway. The writers that shower room guy talked about was James Crumley. I picked up a couple of his books, including his most well-known: The Last Good Kiss. Right now I am reading Bordersnakes and loving the hell out of it. It does feel like Lansdale, but somehow different. Publisher's weekly says that it is,"Lit by flashes of brutal lyricism but bordering on incoherence" - a pretty good description. Lansdale seems more in control than this guy. But I kind of admire the craziness of the writing.

It's always interesting when the heroes aren't so good and the bad guys aren't so bad. It also makes me wonder how much Tequila and cocaine the writer did as background research. It turns out that Crumley just died this past Sept.

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