tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post6528214597291049734..comments2023-03-26T04:40:44.435-03:00Comments on Buick City Complex: from the sublime to the ridiculousPerfect Virgohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17842802482293784692noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-18271189814431536272013-01-11T08:39:35.409-04:002013-01-11T08:39:35.409-04:00I don't think you'll be disappointed with ...I don't think you'll be disappointed with Burke. The Robicheaux series is the cream and there's enough background in each for them to be read as stand alones. For me the revelation has come from Will Patton's convincing narration of each one. The sympathetic voicing is mesmerising. I will include tThe Tin Roof Blowdown (Katrina) on the next Music Man instalment. Too late for the latest I'm afraid as he's already flown.Perfect Virgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842802482293784692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-27489560492852000472013-01-11T05:27:05.574-04:002013-01-11T05:27:05.574-04:00Please don't mistake me, I love hte detective ...Please don't mistake me, I love hte detective novel and I am sure Burke is superb. What I am fed up with is pale imitators.<br /><br />Your book is at the early stages. Like you it is taking its own time.<br /><br />I will try Mister Burke on your recomendation as they are normally sopt on.Russell CJ Duffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00519621428036481426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-18177922157113312532013-01-10T11:17:52.870-04:002013-01-10T11:17:52.870-04:00Forget Reichs but I would certainly recommend Burk...Forget Reichs but I would certainly recommend Burke to you. The detective genre may not be your thing but it's merely a vehicle for his achingly beautiful and eocative prose, and his dense and realistic chracters. I don't buy any myself but luckily the library has it all.<br /><br />I do intend to keep my reviews on Shelfari but decided I will add selected ones to BCC. It shakes up the content on the blog and as you say gives me more strings to my bow.<br /><br />I ground to a halt with my novel a few weeks ago but have started to find direction again and hope to maintain it. I'm glad you like my reviews. I know I am sharply critical in some but I hope that balances the ones I admire.<br /><br />I read Wallace's Big Fish but felt it was a letdown after the dazzling Mr. Sebastian. He isn't very prolific but does have a couple of others which I intend to check out.Perfect Virgohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842802482293784692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9757991.post-47338817941404555782013-01-10T10:52:51.072-04:002013-01-10T10:52:51.072-04:00This being the second ‘book review’ you have poste...This being the second ‘book review’ you have posted, I take it that you are using your blog as a platform to promote both yourself as a writer whilst at the same time adding your credentials as a critic? If so I think it is an excellent move. If you are able raise your profile at the same time this will serve you well.<br />I like your critiques. You have the sort of clinical eye for detail that is suited to criticism. I like many of the short stories you have posted here. I also am excited by the thought of your book. What I am not sure of is, are you still going to blog your book reviews and shelfari them too?<br /><br />Sadly neither of these books is the sort I would buy even though I have heard very good things about Burke. More Danny Wallace please! However, I am fascinated by the southern states of the USA. I am also keen to buy some William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connell as I enjoy the old southern gothic genre.<br /><br />Good reviews.<br />Russell CJ Duffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00519621428036481426noreply@blogger.com