Another trip to Goodwill and another armful of books. This time it was a Neal Stephenson, a Nancy Kress, a John Banville, a David Sedaris and a Chester Himes. I am a little worried about the Banville. I understand he is all about the untrustworthy narrator where you have to try to uncover subtext and what not. Oh bother, thinking while reading.
Himes is a good one. Like Cornell Woolrich, he is under-appreciated today. He wrote a series of hard-boiled crime novels set in Harlem in the 50s and 60s. Thanks to shared skin color and a focus on black characters, he is usally compared to Walter Mosley. I don't think it is a good comparison. Mosley uses Easy Rawlin's life to show the changes in the black community in LA over the second half of the 20th century. Himes certainly aims to portray life in Harlem, but it is more focused and more visceral.
Friday, September 30, 2005
My Goodwill is better than your used bookstore
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Good luck with the Baroque Cycle...at least you got the Sedaris for a bit of a lighter and very funny complement.
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