Re: currently reading


"Jr@Ease" <do.not.send.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, While Lauradog Pondered, Weak and Weary,
Over Many a Quaint and Curious Forgotten Post, and then wrote:
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I'm listening on tape (copied to iPod) "The Narrows" by Michael
Connelly.

I found one incongruity, which I don't think is a spoiler, but I'll
leave some spoiler space anyway, because I need to set it up.

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The book is about the Poet, who shows up again, and this time Harry
Bosch is involved. Harry is hired by Terry McCaleb's (of "Blood Work")
widow, to investigate his suspicious death. There's a couple of
reference's to Terry's notoriety caused by his inclusion in the Clint
Eastwood movie. I found this to be,... well, incongruous, for lack of
a better word.

If the book is fiction, though assuming a conceit of reality (i.e.,
we, the readers are supposed to assume we are listening to a true
story) the inclusion of a reference to a real movie in which a
fictional character is portrayed, even though that fictional character
is supposed to be real...wait, that's confusing.

How can Terry McCaleb be referenced in a real movie when the movie
(Blood Work) is fiction? Does that make sense? It didn't to me.


But the movie was fiction as well as the book. I really liked the references
to the film. Connelly underscored a common complaint we often have that
films rarely follow the novels well. For instance the character of the bad
guy in the film is a semi good guy (or at least neutral in the Narrows
book). I enjoyed the way MC merged three book's characters into one. He has
McCaleb and wife, Bosch, and the Poet and his FBI nemesis all together. MC
pokes fun at the movie. I enjoyed the audacity of it.

I visted Las Vegas this weekend and think I found the inspiration for the
seedy apartment next to the airport. I fancied I could see it from my room
at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino.
--
Stanley L. Moore
"I used to think I was
indecisive but now I'm
not so sure."
"Indecision is the key
to flexibility."


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