Comments - Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T05:08:08Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=537324%3ABlogPost%3A142302&xn_auth=noTwist my arm . . . I'll see i…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-24:537324:Comment:1423722008-05-24T22:00:25.237ZJohnny Ostentatioushttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JohnnyOstentatious
Twist my arm . . . I'll see if LAST DETECTIVE is at my local library.
Twist my arm . . . I'll see if LAST DETECTIVE is at my local library. Don't give up on Crais. His l…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-05-24:537324:Comment:1423422008-05-24T19:24:57.871ZDana Kinghttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DanaKing
Don't give up on Crais. His later Elvis Cole novels are still violent, but not as much as RAINCOAT, and I don't remember much glorious boozing in them. They become more character driven, especially the later ones, like THE LAST DETECTIVE, and the Joe Pike novel, THE WATCHMAN.<br />
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I agree about his use of humor. It's never done just for a cheap laugh, it always flows from the situation or character's personality. You've probably guessed by now that I'm in the tank for Crais; he's one of my handful…
Don't give up on Crais. His later Elvis Cole novels are still violent, but not as much as RAINCOAT, and I don't remember much glorious boozing in them. They become more character driven, especially the later ones, like THE LAST DETECTIVE, and the Joe Pike novel, THE WATCHMAN.<br />
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I agree about his use of humor. It's never done just for a cheap laugh, it always flows from the situation or character's personality. You've probably guessed by now that I'm in the tank for Crais; he's one of my handful of contemporary favorites, with Dennis Lehane and John Connelly and a few others.