tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413013422636027916.post6380966421328062514..comments2024-03-05T10:32:32.208+00:00Comments on IRRESISTIBLE TARGETS: DON WINSLOW GOES SAVAGEMichael Carlsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04490121869284175945noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413013422636027916.post-13512178378857182682012-06-21T12:36:53.556+01:002012-06-21T12:36:53.556+01:00Savages is part Elmore Leonard, part Cormac McCart...Savages is part Elmore Leonard, part Cormac McCarthy, with each at the top of their game. It is, by turns, laugh out-loud funny and seriously grim. The blood flows like the Nile and the jokes come rapid fire. Welcome to the other side of life on the border. Winslow has now taken his seat at the table of the crime fiction gods. Whatever he attempts, in whatever mood, form, tone or sub-genre, the result is the same--a masterpiece.Ελλάδαhttp://get4hire.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413013422636027916.post-5660096409882336482010-10-21T04:27:07.554+01:002010-10-21T04:27:07.554+01:00Don Winslow is an amazing author, but this is not ...Don Winslow is an amazing author, but this is not his best. It's good, but with the different style used I can see alot of people not even making the effort because it's not the format they expect. And that's a shame, because the message Winslow is trying to convey is of extreme importance. And by the way, it's The Power of the Dog, not The Hour of the Dog - an amazing work.wendallpaulshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755924735916214054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-413013422636027916.post-55499020979067594982010-09-09T21:14:57.120+01:002010-09-09T21:14:57.120+01:00"Pulling off the challenge of writing a deadl..."Pulling off the challenge of writing a deadly serious novel with a satiric and ironic comic tone is a huge accomplishment" I still remember with consider fondness the La La Land books by R. Wright Campbell from the late 80s. They seem largely forgotten now but had this quality of humour skating over horror. Crais had something of it in the earlier books, before he shifted gear into portentousness. <br /><br />I bought a large amount of Wimslow partly off the back of your earlier reviews - and I can entirely see where you are coming from, even if I'm not wholly convinced by any of the books. They never quite manage to end in a convincing way, rather than overly tidily, which then tends to undermine the message of chaos.<br /><br />But your review will send me back to the La La Land books. And lets face it, I'll no doubt buy Savages too.<br /><br />p.s. Roll on Sunday - looking forward to seeing you in your alternate identity of a mild-mannered NFL pundit.Ruzznoreply@blogger.com